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Chapter 5 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard. _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc. 1 (94). (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride! _3rd Henry VI_, act v, sc.
Chapter 5 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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achieved or reached
From this reading “* * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.”
possessive form of “autumn” — the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “(4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!”
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
past form of “mow” — cut with a blade or mower
From this reading “(4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!”
possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.”
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
From this reading “* * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.”
of the highest quality
From this reading “(4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!”
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading “(4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!”
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a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
In this reading “* * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.”
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From this reading 1 (94).
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From this reading _3rd Henry VI_, act v, sc.
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From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
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From this reading 1 (94).
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.
(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 (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
achieved or reached
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
possessive form of “autumn” — the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
an old word for “before”
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
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From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
an old form of “has”
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
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 _3rd Henry VI_, act v, sc.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.
past form of “mow” — cut with a blade or mower
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
From this reading _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
of the highest quality
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
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 _3rd Henry VI_, act v, sc.
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading _3rd Henry VI_, act v, sc.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading (4) _K. Edward._ What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn, Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading * * * * * The green Corn Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
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