Chapter 7 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Vit. Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither. _Flam._ Then cast anchor. Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near. We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
Chapter 7 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/76 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
From this reading “_Flam._ Then cast anchor.”
attract; cause to be enamored
From this reading “Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.”
possessive form of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.”
feel grief
From this reading “We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.”
an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
From this reading “Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.”
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading “Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.”
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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secure a vessel with an anchor
In this reading “_Flam._ Then cast anchor.”
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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 Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
From this reading _Flam._ Then cast anchor.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
attract; cause to be enamored
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
put or send forth
From this reading _Flam._ Then cast anchor.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
an old form of “does”
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Flam._ Then cast anchor.
possessive form of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
feel grief
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
the force of workers available
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
an old word for “no”
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
transport commercially
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _Flam._ Then cast anchor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Vit.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, Nay, cease to die, by dying.
at the time that
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
a Caucasian
From this reading Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Cor._ My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, Is driven, I know not whither.
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