Chapter XXXII
Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father. In that and all things we show our duty. _King_. What wouldst thou beg, Laertes? What wouldst thou have?
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Chapter XXXII
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Tis
sweet
and
commendable
in
your
nature,
To
give
these...
duties
to
your
father.
In
that
and
all
things
we
show
our
duty.
_King_.
What
wouldst
thou
beg,
Laertes?
What
wouldst
thou
have?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Tis
sweet
and
commendable
in
your
nature,
To
give
these...
duties
to
your
father.
Line 2
In
that
and
all
things
we
show
our
duty.
Line 3
_King_.
Line 4
What
wouldst
thou
beg,
Laertes?
Line 5
What
wouldst
thou
have?
/wʌt wʊdst ðaʊ hæv/
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Duty
noun
US /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading “In that and all things we show our duty.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What wouldst thou have?”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?”
Wouldst
modal verb
US /wʊdst/
an old form of “would”, used with “thou”
From this reading “What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?”
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all
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From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
beg
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From this reading What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?
commendable
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
duties
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
father
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
give
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What wouldst thou have?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
King
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From this reading _King_.
Laertes
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From this reading What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?
nature
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
show
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From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
sweet
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
things
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From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?
Tis
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From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In that and all things we show our duty.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?
wouldstmodal verbUS /wʊdst/
an old form of “would”, used with “thou”
From this reading What wouldst thou beg, Laertes?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, To give these... duties to your father.