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Chapter 9 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely. I love to see her angry. Softly, Cariola. [_Exeunt_ ANTONIO _and_ CARIOLA. _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
Chapter 9 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
painful from having the skin abraded
From this reading “_Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.”
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading “_Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?”
many and different
From this reading “_Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “_Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?”
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading “_Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.”
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
From this reading “_Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?”
take without the owner's consent
From this reading “_Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading I love to see her angry.
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt_ ANTONIO _and_ CARIOLA.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
painful from having the skin abraded
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
many and different
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
an old form of “does”
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt_ ANTONIO _and_ CARIOLA.
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
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 _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
an old form of “has”
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I love to see her angry.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Duch._ Doth not the colour of my hair 'gin to change?
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I love to see her angry.
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
with low volume
From this reading Softly, Cariola.
take without the owner's consent
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
at the time that
From this reading _Ant._ Pray thee, Cariola, let's steal forth the room, And let her talk to herself: I have divers times Served her the like, when she hath chafed extremely.
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