Chapter 28 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Scevola. But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried? Valerius. Scevola, thou shalt hear. [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
Chapter 28 of Thomas Heywood is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading “But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?”
a person who weeps
From this reading “[_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?”
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “[_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Scevola, thou shalt hear.”
third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?”
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?”
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.
In this reading “But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?”
In this reading “But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
a person who weeps
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
set up or found
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Scevola, thou shalt hear.
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
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 [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Scevola.
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading Scevola, thou shalt hear.
third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
which person or people
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
in the company of; together with
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading But, Valerius, what thinkest thou of the country girls from whence we came, compared with our city wives whom we this night have tried?
an affirmative
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
but in spite of that
From this reading [_Sings_.] O yes, room for the crier, Who never yet was found a liar!
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