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Chapter 4 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO. _Enter_ FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS _and_ MONTICELSO. _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned. _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge. _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
Chapter 4 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “bride” — a woman who has recently been married
From this reading “_Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.”
hang freely
From this reading “_Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.”
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading “_Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.”
a master's degree in education
From this reading “_Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.”
past form of “poison” — spoil as if by poison
From this reading “_Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.”
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading “_Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.”
possessive form of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “_Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.”
undo the ties of
From this reading “_Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.”
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From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Enter_ FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS _and_ MONTICELSO.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
possessive form of “bride” — a woman who has recently been married
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
hang freely
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading _Enter_ FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS _and_ MONTICELSO.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS _and_ MONTICELSO.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
a master's degree in education
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS _and_ MONTICELSO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS _and_ MONTICELSO.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
past form of “poison” — spoil as if by poison
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
try to get or reach
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
possessive form of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCENE II.--_An Apartment in the Palace of_ FRANCISCO.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Fran. de Med._ Far be it from my thoughts To seek revenge.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
undo the ties of
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Mont._ What, are you turned all marble?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Mont._ Come, come, my lord, untie your folded thoughts, And let them dangle loose as a bride's hair.[63] Your sister's poisoned.
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