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King Henry IV, Part 2
King Henry IV, Part 2

Chapter II

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Falst.
Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.
A rescu, a rescu Host.
Good people bring a rescu.
Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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King Henry IV, Part 2

Chapter II

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Falst.
Line 2
Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.
Line 3
A rescu, a rescu Host.
Line 4
Good people bring a rescu.
Line 5
Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?
/ðaʊ wɪlt nɑːt ðaʊ wɪlt nɑːt/

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good people bring a rescu.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?”

Wilt modal verb US /wɪlt/

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

From this reading “Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?”

All words in this reading · 15

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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 rescu, a rescu Host.

Bardolfe

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From this reading Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.

bring

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From this reading Good people bring a rescu.

Falst

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From this reading Falst.

Fang

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From this reading Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Good people bring a rescu.

Host

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From this reading A rescu, a rescu Host.

Keep

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From this reading Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?

off

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From this reading Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.

people

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From this reading Good people bring a rescu.

rescu

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From this reading A rescu, a rescu Host.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Keep them off, Bardolfe Fang.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?

wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/

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

From this reading Thou wilt not? thou wilt not?