Chapter XXXI
Chapter 31
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p. 109, l. 15 _what’s thy Business_. 1724 ‘what’s the Business’. p. 109, l.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II
Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31
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p.
109,
l.
15
_what’s
thy
Business_.
1724
‘what’s
the
Business’.
p.
109,
l.
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The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II
Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31
Chapter 31 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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p.
/piː/
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109,
l.
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15
_what’s
thy
Business_.
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1724
‘what’s
the
Business’.
p.
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109,
l.
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1724
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From this reading 1724 ‘what’s the Business’. p.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading 15 _what’s thy Business_.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading 109, l.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading p.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 1724 ‘what’s the Business’. p.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading 15 _what’s thy Business_.
what's
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From this reading 15 _what’s thy Business_.
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