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Daireen. Complete
Daireen. Complete

Chapter II

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Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;
And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.
How is it that the clouds still hang on you?
Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.
Hamlet.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Daireen. Complete

Chapter II

Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;
Line 2
And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.
Line 3
How is it that the clouds still hang on you?
Line 4
Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.
Line 5
Hamlet.

Learner Dictionary

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

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;”

Speak noun US /speak/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;”

Toward preposition US /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading “And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.”

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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 Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

Affection

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From this reading Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

bears

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

clouds

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From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

dearest

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

father

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

girl

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From this reading Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

green

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From this reading Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

Hamlet

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From this reading Hamlet.

hang

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From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

How

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From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

immediate

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From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

impart

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

less

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

like

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From this reading Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

love

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

most

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From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

nobility

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

note

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From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

pooh

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From this reading Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

son

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From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

speak

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From this reading Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

ThanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

throne

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From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading And with no less nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you.

world

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From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Let the world take note You are the most immediate to our throne;