Chapter 3 of The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JACK. Would you cozen an ape? FOPDOODLE. [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin. [_Aloud_] I’m in love.
Chapter 3 of The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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using the voice; not silently
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
From this reading “Would you cozen an ape?”
on or to one side
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “[_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “[_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “JACK.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “[_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.”
take without the owner's consent
From this reading “[_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading [_Aloud_] I’m in love.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Would you cozen an ape?
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
From this reading Would you cozen an ape?
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading Would you cozen an ape?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FOPDOODLE.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
retarded in intellectual development
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Aloud_] I’m in love.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [_Aloud_] I’m in love.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading [_Aloud_] I’m in love.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
take without the owner's consent
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Aside_] I’ll steal into Miss Violet’s secret heart through this half-open, half-witted gate of a cousin.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would you cozen an ape?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would you cozen an ape?
Chapter 3 of The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy by Samuel Eberly Gross holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 3 holds 436 sentences of The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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