Chapter 2 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sir Charles Mountford. Well, leave them to their sports. Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours. Sir Francis Acton. For what?
Chapter 2 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “Sir Charles Mountford.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.”
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading “Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.”
go away from a place
From this reading “Well, leave them to their sports.”
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading “Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.”
come together
From this reading “Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.”
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “Well, leave them to their sports.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading Sir Charles Mountford.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For what?
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From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
go away from a place
From this reading Well, leave them to their sports.
engage in
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
come together
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Charles Mountford.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Charles Mountford.
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading Well, leave them to their sports.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Well, leave them to their sports.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Well, leave them to their sports.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, leave them to their sports.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, leave them to their sports.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading For what?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Sir Francis Acton, I’ll make a match with you; meet to-morrow At Chevy-chase, I’ll fly my hawk with yours.
Chapter 2 of Thomas Heywood by Thomas Heywood holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 2 holds 375 sentences of Thomas Heywood, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
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