Chapter 18 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IX. Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine? Have you any bread and wine, My Theerie and my Thorie? Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c. We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
Chapter 18 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading “Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading IX.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, My Theerie and my Thorie?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, My Theerie and my Thorie?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, My Theerie and my Thorie?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?
Chapter 18 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 by Alice Bertha Gomme holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 18 holds 391 sentences of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 by Alice Bertha Gomme exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 391 sentences, grouped into 79 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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