Chapter 15 of The Works of John Marston. Volume 2 is here in full — 360 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of The Works of John Marston. Volume 2 is here in full — 360 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[450] A corruption of Fr. _allons_. Cf. Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!" (_Works_, ed.
Chapter 15 of The Works of John Marston. Volume 2 is here in full — 360 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
From this reading “[450] A corruption of Fr.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"”
march in a procession
From this reading “Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"”
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
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From this reading [450] A corruption of Fr.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [450] A corruption of Fr.
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From this reading _allons_.
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From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
From this reading Cf.
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
From this reading [450] A corruption of Fr.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading (_Works_, ed.
a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
From this reading [450] A corruption of Fr.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
march in a procession
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [450] A corruption of Fr.
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading (_Works_, ed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Nashe's _Have with you to Saffron_--"_Alloune, alloune_, let us march!"
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