Chapter 7 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FLAX. (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax? _Merry Wives_, act v, sc. 5 (159). (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
Chapter 7 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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informal intensifiers
From this reading “(2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.”
fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
From this reading “FLAX.”
United States film maker (1896-1973)
many times at short intervals
From this reading “(2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.”
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading “(2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.”
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading “(2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.”
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading “(2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.”
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From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
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From this reading 5 (159).
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From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
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From this reading 5 (159).
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading _Merry Wives_, act v, sc.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
informal intensifiers
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
From this reading FLAX.
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading _Merry Wives_, act v, sc.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
many times at short intervals
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
From this reading _Merry Wives_, act v, sc.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
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 _Merry Wives_, act v, sc.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading (1) _Ford._ What, a hodge-pudding? a bag of Flax?
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading _Merry Wives_, act v, sc.
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading (2) _Clifford._ Beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and Flax.
Chapter 7 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe holds 330 sentences, grouped into 66 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 7 holds 330 sentences of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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