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Chapter XV · Act 4, Scene 4: A plain in Denmark

Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.

Act 4, Scene 4: A plain in Denmark, section 1: Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching. FORTINBRAS. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king. Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Ove
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Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.
FORTINBRAS.
Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.
Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.
You know the rendezvous.
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Hamlet

Chapter XV · Act 4, Scene 4: A plain in Denmark

Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.
Line 2
FORTINBRAS.
Line 3
Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.
Line 4
Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.
Line 5
You know the rendezvous.

Learner Dictionary

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enter verb US /ˈentər/

to come or go into

From this reading “Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.”

Collocations
Enter FortinbrasA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
Fortinbras andA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
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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 Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

conveyance

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From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

Craves

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From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

Danish

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From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

EnterverbUS /ˈentər/

to come or go into

From this reading Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.

Forces

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From this reading Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.

Fortinbras

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From this reading Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

Go

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From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

greet

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From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

king

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From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

kingdom

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From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You know the rendezvous.

license

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From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

march

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From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

marching

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From this reading Enter Fortinbras and Forces marching.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

promis'd

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From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

rendezvous

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From this reading You know the rendezvous.

TellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis’d march Over his kingdom.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You know the rendezvous.