Chapter 2 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Nay, sure you must remember. _Lop_. Would I could. _Lea_. I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
Chapter 2 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “gossip” — light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading “I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.”
a unit of length of thread or yarn
cut off from a whole
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, sure you must remember.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Nay, sure you must remember.”
express in words
From this reading “I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Nay, sure you must remember.”
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Would I could.
plural of “gossip” — light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Would I could.
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading _Lea_.
cut off from a whole
From this reading _Lop_.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Nay, sure you must remember.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, sure you must remember.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Nay, sure you must remember.
express in words
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Nay, sure you must remember.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I have heard him say, you were Gossips too.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would I could.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Nay, sure you must remember.
Chapter 2 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy by John Fletcher holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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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