Chapter 8 of The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mis. Pa._ Why this is right my letter. O most notorious villaine! Why what a bladder of iniquity is this? Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
Chapter 8 of The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
From this reading “Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.”
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?”
plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
From this reading “Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “Pa._ Why this is right my letter.”
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
known widely and usually unfavorably
From this reading “O most notorious villaine!”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Pa._ Why this is right my letter.”
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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 Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
From this reading Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading _Mis.
used to form the superlative
From this reading O most notorious villaine!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
known widely and usually unfavorably
From this reading O most notorious villaine!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O most notorious villaine!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O most notorious villaine!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Lets be reuenged what so ere we do.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Why what a bladder of iniquity is this?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Pa._ Why this is right my letter.
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