Enter Queen and Polonius.
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Chapter XI
Enter Queen and Polonius. POLONIUS. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him. I’ll silence me e’en here.
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to come or go into
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He will come straight.
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From this reading I’ll silence me e’en here.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Queen and Polonius.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He will come straight.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ll silence me e’en here.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading I’ll silence me e’en here.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I’ll silence me e’en here.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading Enter Queen and Polonius.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading Enter Queen and Polonius.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading I’ll silence me e’en here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading He will come straight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
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From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He will come straight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Look you lay home to him, Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between Much heat and him.
