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

Chapter VIII

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King.
A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.
Enter Blunt.
How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.
So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.
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King Henry IV, Part 1

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
King.
Line 2
A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.
Line 3
Enter Blunt.
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How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.
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So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

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 “So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.”

Shalt modal verb US /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading “A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.”

All words in this reading · 36

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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 A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

Blunt

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From this reading Enter Blunt.

Businesse

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From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

Charge

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

dye

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

Enter

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From this reading Enter Blunt.

full

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From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

haue

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

herein

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

How

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From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

hundred

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

King

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From this reading King.

Lookes

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From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

now

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From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

Rebels

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

soueraigne

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

speake

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From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

speed

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From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

thousand

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed Blunt.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading So hath the Businesse that I come to speake of.

trust

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From this reading A hundred thousand Rebels dye in this: Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein.