Chapter III
Exeunt. Manet Antony. O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers. Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.
Julius Caesar
Chapter III
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Exeunt.
Manet
Antony.
O
pardon
me,
thou
bleeding
peece
of
Earth:
That
I
am
meeke
and
gentle
with
these
Butchers.
Thou
art
the
Ruines
of
the
Noblest
man
That
euer
liued
in
the
Tide
of
Times.
Woe
to
the
hand
that
shed
this
costly
Blood.
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Line 1
Exeunt.
Line 2
Manet
Antony.
Line 3
O
pardon
me,
thou
bleeding
peece
of
Earth:
That
I
am
meeke
and
gentle
with
these
Butchers.
Line 4
Thou
art
the
Ruines
of
the
Noblest
man
That
euer
liued
in
the
Tide
of
Times.
Line 5
Woe
to
the
hand
that
shed
this
costly
Blood.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Art
auxiliary verb
US /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.”
Blood
noun
US /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.”
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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
Antony
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From this reading Manet Antony.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
bleeding
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From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
BloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.
Butchers
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costly
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Earth
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euer
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Exeunt
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From this reading Exeunt.
gentle
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hand
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
liued
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From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
man
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Manet
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From this reading Manet Antony.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
meeke
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Noblest
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From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
O
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From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
pardon
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peece
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From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
Ruines
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From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
shed
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From this reading Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
Tide
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From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
Times
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From this reading Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading O pardon me, thou bleeding peece of Earth: That I am meeke and gentle with these Butchers.
Woe
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From this reading Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood.