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Coriolanus
Coriolanus

Chapter III

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Mar.
Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
Come, blow thy blast.
They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Coriolanus

Chapter III

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

Line 1
Mar.
Line 2
Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
Line 3
Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
Line 4
Come, blow thy blast.
Line 5
They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come, blow thy blast.”

Hence adverb US /hens/

for this reason

From this reading “Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.”

Ours pronoun US /ˈaʊərz/

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading “Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “Come, blow thy blast.”

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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 They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

blast

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From this reading Come, blow thy blast.

blow

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From this reading Come, blow thy blast.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come, blow thy blast.

Corialus

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

Enter

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

fielded

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Friends

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

heare

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From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

helpe

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

henceadverbUS /hens/

for this reason

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Larum

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From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Mar

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From this reading Mar.

march

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Mars

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Now

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

others

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

OurspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

Parley

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

prythee

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

quicke

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Senators

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

smoaking

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Sound

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

swords

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

Then

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From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Come, blow thy blast.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

two

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

vs

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

Walles

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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.

worke

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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.