Chapter 14 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Ant_. Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with? _Guil_. What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife? _Cla_.
Chapter 14 of The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?”
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
From this reading “What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?”
express in speech
From this reading “Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading _Ant_.
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From this reading _Cla_.
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From this reading _Guil_.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
term of address for a man
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
express in speech
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
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From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
which person or people
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading What’s that to you, Sir? why, what a Pox, may not a man speak with his own Lady and Wife?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
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From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Not to me, Sirrah;--who wou’d you speak with?
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