Chapter 5 of The Double-Dealer: A Comedy is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Double-Dealer: A Comedy is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LADY TOUCH. Well, but go now, here's somebody coming. LORD TOUCH. Well, I go. You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
Chapter 5 of The Double-Dealer: A Comedy is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “LADY TOUCH.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “LORD TOUCH.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “LADY TOUCH.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I go.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY TOUCH.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading LORD TOUCH.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading LADY TOUCH.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, but go now, here's somebody coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You won't stay? for I would hear more of this.
Chapter 5 of The Double-Dealer: A Comedy by William Congreve holds 275 sentences, grouped into 55 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 275 sentences of The Double-Dealer: A Comedy, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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