Chapter 3 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Fail_. Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself. _Isa_. Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune? Shall I make a proposition to you?
Chapter 3 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading “Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.”
fail to do something; leave something undone
having made preparations
From this reading “Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.”
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
From this reading “Shall I make a proposition to you?”
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading “Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.”
timid by nature or revealing timidity
From this reading “Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.”
destroy property or hinder normal operations
From this reading “Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Shall I make a proposition to you?
later than; following
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading _Fail_.
having made preparations
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Isa_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
a woman of refinement
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
engage in
From this reading Shall I make a proposition to you?
take in marriage
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
From this reading Shall I make a proposition to you?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I make a proposition to you?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
term of address for a man
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
express a supposition
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
timid by nature or revealing timidity
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shall I make a proposition to you?
destroy property or hinder normal operations
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Suppose I should design it, what are you the worse for my good fortune?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.
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