Chapter 7 of The Beaux-Stratagem is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Beaux-Stratagem is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Cher_. [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice. [_Runs out_. _Arch_. Shall we kill the rogues?
Chapter 7 of The Beaux-Stratagem is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
on or to one side
From this reading “[Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.”
challenge the honesty or veracity of
From this reading “[Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Shall we kill the rogues?”
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading “[Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.”
plural of “rogue” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “[Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.”
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
before a time limit expires
From this reading “[Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
From this reading _Arch_.
on or to one side
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cher_.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
challenge the honesty or veracity of
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Shall we kill the rogues?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading [_Runs out_.
plural of “rogue” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading [_Runs out_.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall we kill the rogues?
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
before a time limit expires
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shall we kill the rogues?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading [Aside.] What! the rogues taken! then they'll impeach my father: I must give him timely notice.
Chapter 7 of The Beaux-Stratagem by George Farquhar holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 7 holds 445 sentences of The Beaux-Stratagem, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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