Chapter 13 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Robin. But the old man lives That shortly will depose you. Reignald. I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser. Robin.
Chapter 13 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expel from a community or group
From this reading “I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.”
force to leave (an office)
From this reading “But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.”
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
From this reading “I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.”
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading “I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.”
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading “Robin.”
for a short time
From this reading “But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.”
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.
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a man who is very old
In this reading “But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.”
In this reading “I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
expel from a community or group
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
force to leave (an office)
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Reignald.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading Robin.
the chief steward or butler of a great household
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
for a short time
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
precisely as stated
From this reading I’ the meantime, I, as the mighty lord and seneschal Of this great house and castle, banish thee The very smell o’ the kitchen; be it death To appear before the dresser.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But the old man lives That shortly will depose you.
Chapter 13 of Thomas Heywood by Thomas Heywood holds 386 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
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