Chapter 4 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Char_. Villain, defend thy Life. Sir _Tim_. Who, I, Sir? I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
Chapter 4 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading “I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.”
a charred substance
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading “Villain, defend thy Life.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Sir _Tim_.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Villain, defend thy Life.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “Villain, defend thy Life.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
a charred substance
From this reading _Char_.
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading Villain, defend thy Life.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Who, I, Sir?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Villain, defend thy Life.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
not any; not one
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
an angry dispute
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir _Tim_.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Villain, defend thy Life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir _Tim_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading Villain, defend thy Life.
which person or people
From this reading Who, I, Sir?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing, not I, by Fortune.
Chapter 4 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 4 holds 399 sentences of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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