Chapter 17 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat? When shall we lie together? _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure. Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me. _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
Chapter 17 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/72 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a fit of shivering or shaking
From this reading “_Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.”
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
From this reading “_Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.”
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “_Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?”
in or to another place
From this reading “Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “_Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.”
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading “_Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.”
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
From this reading “_Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “_Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.”
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a fit of shivering or shaking
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
(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 _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
in or to another place
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
well known or easily recognized
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
assemble or get together
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading When shall we lie together?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
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 _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading When shall we lie together?
term of address for a man
From this reading _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading When shall we lie together?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
precisely as stated
From this reading _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When shall we lie together?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading _Ven._ O, very well, sir--I conster myself saucy.
at the time that
From this reading When shall we lie together?
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Ven._ With all my heart, i' faith: how dost, sweet musk-cat?
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading _Lus._ Wondrous knave, Gather him into boldness! 'sfoot, the slave's Already as familiar as an ague, And shakes me at his pleasure.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Friend, I can Forget myself in private; but elsewhere I pray do you remember me.
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