Chapter 21 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee? Follow thee? Wha wad na follow thee? Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.” Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
Chapter 21 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
From this reading “HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.””
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.””
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?”
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading “Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.””
compress into a wad
From this reading “Wha wad na follow thee?”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading “Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.”
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From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
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From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
to certain extent or degree
From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
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From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
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From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
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From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
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From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group
From this reading Wha wad na follow thee?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE COMMUNION UNDER THE TREE AT HIGUEROTE “Follow thee?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly.”
compress into a wad
From this reading Wha wad na follow thee?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wha wad na follow thee?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
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