Chapter III
Act 1, Scene 3: A room in Polonius’s house
Enter Laertes and Ophelia. LAERTES. My necessaries are embark’d. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
Hamlet
Chapter III · Act 1, Scene 3: A room in Polonius’s house
Enter Laertes and Ophelia.
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Enter
Laertes
and
Ophelia.
LAERTES.
My
necessaries
are
embark’d.
Farewell.
And,
sister,
as
the
winds
give
benefit
And
convoy
is
assistant,
do
not
sleep,
But
let
me
hear
from
you.
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Hamlet
Chapter III · Act 1, Scene 3: A room in Polonius’s house
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
Enter
Laertes
and
Ophelia.
Line 2
LAERTES.
Line 3
My
necessaries
are
embark’d.
Line 4
Farewell.
Line 5
And,
sister,
as
the
winds
give
benefit
And
convoy
is
assistant,
do
not
sleep,
But
let
me
hear
from
you.
Learner Dictionary
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enter
verb
US /ˈentər/
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter Laertes and Ophelia.”
Collocations
Enter LaertesA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
Laertes andA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enter Laertes and Ophelia.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My necessaries are embark’d.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
assistant
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
benefit
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
convoy
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
embark'd
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From this reading My necessaries are embark’d.
EnterverbUS /ˈentər/
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Laertes and Ophelia.
Farewell
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From this reading Farewell.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
give
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
Laertes
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From this reading Enter Laertes and Ophelia.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My necessaries are embark’d.
necessaries
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From this reading My necessaries are embark’d.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
Ophelia
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From this reading Enter Laertes and Ophelia.
sister
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
sleep
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
winds
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From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And, sister, as the winds give benefit And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you.