Chapter 19 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Duke._ O! _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless. Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers. I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast. Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
Chapter 19 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “_Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.”
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
From this reading “I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.”
hurting
From this reading “I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.”
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading “_Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.”
throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading “I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.”
plural of “ulcer” — a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
From this reading “Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
a man whose wife committed adultery
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading _Duke._ O!
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
engage in
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
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 _Duke._ O!
exceedingly harmful
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
hurting
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Mark me, duke: Thou art a renownèd, high and mighty cuckold.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
plural of “ulcer” — a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will make Thy spirit grievous sore; it shall not rest, But like some pestilent man toss in thy breast.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pooh! 'tis but early yet; now I'll begin To stick thy soul with ulcers.
but in spite of that
From this reading _Ven._ He had his tongue, yet grief made him die speechless.
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