Chapter 3 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please. These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to. 2. All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols. 3.
Chapter 3 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.”
carefully weighed
From this reading “These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.”
color with dye
From this reading “Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.”
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.”
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading “These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.”
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 3.
anew
From this reading All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.
(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 All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
carefully weighed
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
color with dye
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
a quad with a square body
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
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From this reading All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
at the time that
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
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