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Chapter XVIII
Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son: “Idle--thou art idle! Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse! Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!” He snatched the whitey-brown sheet.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading ““Idle--thou art idle!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!””
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading ““Idle--thou art idle!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!”
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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 Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
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From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Idle--thou art idle!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
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From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
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From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
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From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
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From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He snatched the whitey-brown sheet.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
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From this reading “Idle--thou art idle!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
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From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
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From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
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From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
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From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
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From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He snatched the whitey-brown sheet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He snatched the whitey-brown sheet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
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From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Paper costs--and there thou goest scrawling, scrawling, and never a sum adding nor thinking out market!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Idle--thou art idle!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Said Master Eustace Bettany to Thomas Bettany, his son:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hadst as well be in the new Indies as in my countinghouse!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He snatched the whitey-brown sheet.
