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King Henry IV, Part 1
King Henry IV, Part 1

Chapter II

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Fal.
There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.
Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.
Why, that's well said Prin.
Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.
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King Henry IV, Part 1

Chapter II

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Fal.
Line 2
There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.
Line 3
Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.
Line 4
Why, that's well said Prin.
Line 5
Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.”

Neither determiner US /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading “There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading “There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.”

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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 Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

blood-royall

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

cam'st

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.

dar'st

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

dayes

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From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

Fal

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From this reading Fal.

fellowship

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

home

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From this reading Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.

honesty

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

Ile

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From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

mad-cap

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From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

manhood

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

once

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From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

Prin

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

said

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From this reading Why, that's well said Prin.

shillings

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

stand

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

tarry

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From this reading Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.

ten

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

that's

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From this reading Why, that's well said Prin.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

then

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From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

There's

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From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor thou cam'st not of the blood-royall, if thou dar'st not stand for ten shillings Prin.

Well

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From this reading Well then, once in my dayes Ile be a mad-cap Fal.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.

Why

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From this reading Why, that's well said Prin.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home Fal.