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King Henry V
King Henry V

Chapter V

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Flu.
Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.
Why then reioyce therefore Flu.
Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.
Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

King Henry V

Chapter V

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Flu.
Line 2
Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.
Line 3
Why then reioyce therefore Flu.
Line 4
Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.
Line 5
Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.

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 “Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.”

Ought modal verb US /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading “Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.”

Partly noun US /partly/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.”

Therefore adverb US /ˈðerfɔːr/

for that reason; as a result

From this reading “Why then reioyce therefore Flu.”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

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

From this reading “Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.”

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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 Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

Aunchient

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

Brother

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

Certainly

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

dam'd

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From this reading Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.

desire

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

discipline

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

doe

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

Duke

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

Dye

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From this reading Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.

execution

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

Figo

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From this reading Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.

Flu

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From this reading Flu.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

friendship

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From this reading Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

looke

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

meaning

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

partly

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

Pist

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

Pistoll

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

pleasure

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

put

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

reioyce

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From this reading Why then reioyce therefore Flu.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

then

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From this reading Why then reioyce therefore Flu.

thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/

for that reason; as a result

From this reading Why then reioyce therefore Flu.

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Dye, and be dam'd, and Figo for thy friendship Flu.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

vnderstand

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From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.

vse

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

vsed

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From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

Why

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From this reading Why then reioyce therefore Flu.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Certainly Aunchient, it is not a thing to reioyce at: for if, looke you, he were my Brother, I would desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to execution; for discipline ought to be vsed Pist.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Aunchient Pistoll, I doe partly vnderstand your meaning Pist.