Chapter VI
Prin. No, if rightly taken, Halter. Enter Falstaffe. Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone. How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
King Henry IV, Part 1
Chapter VI
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Prin.
No,
if
rightly
taken,
Halter.
Enter
Falstaffe.
Heere
comes
leane
Iacke,
heere
comes
bare-bone.
How
now
my
sweet
Creature
of
Bombast,
how
long
is't
agoe,
Iacke,
since
thou
saw'st
thine
owne
Knee?
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Line 1
Prin.
Line 2
No,
if
rightly
taken,
Halter.
Line 3
Enter
Falstaffe.
Line 4
Heere
comes
leane
Iacke,
heere
comes
bare-bone.
Line 5
How
now
my
sweet
Creature
of
Bombast,
how
long
is't
agoe,
Iacke,
since
thou
saw'st
thine
owne
Knee?
Learner Dictionary
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Creature
noun
US /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?”
Since
preposition
US /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?”
Thine
pronoun
US /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?”
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agoe
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bare-bone
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From this reading Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone.
Bombast
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
comes
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From this reading Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone.
CreaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
Enter
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From this reading Enter Falstaffe.
Falstaffe
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From this reading Enter Falstaffe.
Halter
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From this reading No, if rightly taken, Halter.
Heere
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From this reading Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone.
How
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
Iacke
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From this reading Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading No, if rightly taken, Halter.
is't
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Knee
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
leane
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From this reading Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, if rightly taken, Halter.
now
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
owne
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
Prin
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From this reading Prin.
rightly
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From this reading No, if rightly taken, Halter.
saw'st
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
sweet
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From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
taken
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From this reading No, if rightly taken, Halter.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading How now my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, since thou saw'st thine owne Knee?