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

Chapter IV

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Shal.
Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.
As you returne, visit my house.
Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.
I would you would, Master Shallow Shal.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

King Henry IV, Part 2

Chapter IV

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Shal.
Line 2
Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.
Line 3
As you returne, visit my house.
Line 4
Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.
Line 5
I would you would, Master Shallow Shal.

Learner Dictionary

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

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “I would you would, Master Shallow Shal.”

All words in this reading · 35

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acquaintance

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From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

Affaires

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As you returne, visit my house.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

blesse

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

Court

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From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

Falst

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From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

Heauen

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

house

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From this reading As you returne, visit my house.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

Iohn

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

Master

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From this reading I would you would, Master Shallow Shal.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading As you returne, visit my house.

old

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From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

Peace

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

peraduenture

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From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

prosper

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

renewed

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From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

returne

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From this reading As you returne, visit my house.

send

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

Shal

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From this reading Shal.

Shallow

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From this reading I would you would, Master Shallow Shal.

Sir

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

visit

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From this reading As you returne, visit my house.

vs

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From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Let our old acquaintance be renewed: peraduenture I will with you to the Court Falst.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I would you would, Master Shallow Shal.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sir Iohn, Heauen blesse you, and prosper your Affaires, and send vs Peace.