Chapter 23 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ACT V. SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_. _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_. _Odm_. Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
Chapter 23 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/72 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
put or pin the blame on
From this reading “Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.”
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading “SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.”
a small natural hill
From this reading “SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.”
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading “SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.”
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading “SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.”
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading “Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.”
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 SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading ACT V.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
put or pin the blame on
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
confined by bonds
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
a small natural hill
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
and nothing more
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Odm_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading ACT V.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH _bound_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Fate is more just than you to my desert, And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
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