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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chapter II

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Quin.
You must take Thisbie on you Flut.
What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?
Quin.
It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chapter II

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Quin.
Line 2
You must take Thisbie on you Flut.
Line 3
What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?
Line 4
Quin.
Line 5
It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “You must take Thisbie on you Flut.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You must take Thisbie on you Flut.”

All words in this reading · 18

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?

Flut

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From this reading You must take Thisbie on you Flut.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

Knight

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From this reading What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?

Lady

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From this reading It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

loue

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From this reading It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading You must take Thisbie on you Flut.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading You must take Thisbie on you Flut.

Pyramus

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From this reading It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

Quin

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From this reading Quin.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You must take Thisbie on you Flut.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It is the Lady that Pyramus must loue Flut.

Thisbie

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From this reading You must take Thisbie on you Flut.

wandring

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From this reading What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You must take Thisbie on you Flut.