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Coriolanus
Coriolanus

Chapter I

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The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.
Scoena Prima.
Enter a Company of Mutinous Citizens, with Staues, Clubs, and other weapons.
1.
Citizen.
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Coriolanus

Chapter I

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.
Line 2
Scoena Prima.
Line 3
Enter a Company of Mutinous Citizens, with Staues, Clubs, and other weapons.
Line 4
1.
Line 5
Citizen.
All words in this reading · 21

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1

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From this reading 1.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Enter a Company of Mutinous Citizens, with Staues, Clubs, and other weapons.

Actus

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From this reading The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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Citizen

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From this reading Citizen.

Citizens

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Clubs

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Company

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Coriolanus

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From this reading The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.

Enter

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Mutinous

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.

other

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Prima

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From this reading Scoena Prima.

Primus

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From this reading The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.

Scoena

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From this reading Scoena Prima.

Staues

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.

Tragedie

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From this reading The Tragedie of Coriolanus Actus Primus.

weapons

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From this reading Enter a Company of Mutinous Citizens, with Staues, Clubs, and other weapons.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Enter a Company of Mutinous Citizens, with Staues, Clubs, and other weapons.