Chapter 16 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CINESIAS. I have a better all ready for your service, darling. Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing. MYRRHINÉ. Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
Chapter 16 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 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.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.”
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.”
a special loved one
From this reading “I have a better all ready for your service, darling.”
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
From this reading “Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “I have a better all ready for your service, darling.”
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading “I have a better all ready for your service, darling.”
a particular situation
From this reading “Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.”
moving as on a slippery surface
From this reading “Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CINESIAS.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
a special loved one
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
and nothing more
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MYRRHINÉ.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
a particular situation
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
moving as on a slippery surface
From this reading Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
a special situation
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come, you provoking creature, to bed with you, and don't bring another thing.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have a better all ready for your service, darling.
Chapter 16 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by 447? BCE-386? BCE Aristophanes holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 16 holds 404 sentences of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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