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Daireen. Complete
Daireen. Complete

Chapter V

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What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...
To feed and clothe thee?
Guildenstern.
The King, sir,-- Hamlet.
Ay, sir, what of him?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Daireen. Complete

Chapter V

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...
Line 2
To feed and clothe thee?
Line 3
Guildenstern.
Line 4
The King, sir,-- Hamlet.
Line 5
Ay, sir, what of him?

Learner Dictionary

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

Hast auxiliary verb US /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading “What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading “What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...”

All words in this reading · 23

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advancement

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From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading To feed and clothe thee?

Ay

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From this reading Ay, sir, what of him?

clothe

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From this reading To feed and clothe thee?

feed

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From this reading To feed and clothe thee?

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

Guildenstern

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From this reading Guildenstern.

Hamlet

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From this reading The King, sir,-- Hamlet.

hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Ay, sir, what of him?

hope

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From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

King

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From this reading The King, sir,-- Hamlet.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Ay, sir, what of him?

revenue

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From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

sir

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From this reading The King, sir,-- Hamlet.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The King, sir,-- Hamlet.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To feed and clothe thee?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast...