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Chapter IV

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Imo.
Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.
They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.
O no, no Iach.
Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Cymbeline

Chapter IV

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Imo.
Line 2
Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.
Line 3
They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.
Line 4
O no, no Iach.
Line 5
Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.”

Short adjective US /ʃɔrt/

brief or direct in expression

From this reading “Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.”

Since preposition US /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading “Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.”

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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 are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

aboord

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

Attended

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

Bed-chamber

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

beseech

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From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

bold

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

Honor

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

Iach

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

Imo

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From this reading Imo.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

interest

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

keepe

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

length'ning

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From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

Lord

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

men

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

morrow

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

night

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading O no, no Iach.

O

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From this reading O no, no Iach.

onely

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

pawne

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

returne

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From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

safety

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

send

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/

brief or direct in expression

From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

Trunke

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From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

Willingly

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From this reading Willingly: And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since My Lord hath interest in them, I will keepe them In my Bed-chamber Iach.

word

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From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

Yes

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From this reading Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word By length'ning my returne.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading They are in a Trunke Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, onely for this night: I must aboord to morrow Imo.