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Chapter 1 of The Philistines is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge." _Persian Religious Hymn_. IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING. I Henry IV.; v.--I.
Chapter 1 of The Philistines is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “_All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."”
an old form of “can”, used with “thou”
From this reading “_All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."”
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
From this reading “_All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."”
a native or inhabitant of Iran
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “_All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."”
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.”
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.”
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From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING.
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From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
an old form of “can”, used with “thou”
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading I Henry IV.; v.--I.
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I Henry IV.; v.--I.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
past form of “mingle” — to bring or combine together or with something else
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
not any; not one
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
a native or inhabitant of Iran
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn_.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING.
at breakneck speed
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn_.
make square
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading I Henry IV.; v.--I.
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
(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 _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
in the company of; together with
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading _All's Well that Ends Well_; iv.--3 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come with tumult but without knowledge."
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
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