Chapter 27 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Exeunt_. SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine. _Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown. Lucrece. A chair.
Chapter 27 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “A chair.”
a rude or vulgar fool
From this reading “_Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.”
to come or go into
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.”
a female domestic
From this reading “_Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.”
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 SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading A chair.
a rude or vulgar fool
From this reading _Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt_.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.
a female domestic
From this reading _Enter_ Lucrece, Maid, _and_ Clown.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCENE IV.--_A Room in the House of_ Collatine.
Chapter 27 of Thomas Heywood by Thomas Heywood holds 390 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.
Chapter 27 holds 390 sentences of Thomas Heywood, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Thomas Heywood by Thomas Heywood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 390 sentences, grouped into 78 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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