Chapter 5 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Exit_. _Mil_. Or doing some strange out-rage on himself. _Ars_. Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
Chapter 5 of The Spanish Curate: A Comedy is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.”
an opening that permits escape or release
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.”
a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.”
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading “Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.”
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From this reading _Ars_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading [_Exit_.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
From this reading _Mil_.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Or doing some strange out-rage on himself.
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading Hang him, he dares not be so valiant.
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