Chapter 5 of The Puritan Widow is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Puritan Widow is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Goes in.] PYE. So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys. CAPTAIN. Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
Chapter 5 of The Puritan Widow is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “[Goes in.]”
plural of “kidney” — either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
release, as from one's grip
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
shaking convulsively or violently
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
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In this reading “So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.”
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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 So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
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From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
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From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading [Goes in.]
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From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
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From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Goes in.]
plural of “kidney” — either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
the sound of laughing
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PYE.
release, as from one's grip
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
shaking convulsively or violently
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
(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 Sirrah, Goerge, how wast, how wast? did I doo’t well ynough?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So, so, so, I’ll release thee: ynough, Captain, ynough; allow us some time to laugh a little: they’re shuddering and shaking by this time, as if an Earth-quake were in their kidneys.
Chapter 5 of The Puritan Widow by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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