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King Henry VI, Part 1
King Henry VI, Part 1

Chapter V

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Winch.
Rome shall remedie this Warw.
Roame thither then.
My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.
I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.
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King Henry VI, Part 1

Chapter V

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Winch.
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Rome shall remedie this Warw.
Line 3
Roame thither then.
Line 4
My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.
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I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

Learner Dictionary

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

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Rome shall remedie this Warw.”

Thither adverb US /ˈðɪθɜːr/

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading “Roame thither then.”

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

belongs

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

Bishop

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

dutie

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From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

forbeare

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From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

Lord

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From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

MepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

Office

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

ouer-borne

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

Religious

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

remedie

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From this reading Rome shall remedie this Warw.

Roame

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From this reading Roame thither then.

Rome

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From this reading Rome shall remedie this Warw.

see

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Rome shall remedie this Warw.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

Som

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From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

then

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From this reading Roame thither then.

thinkes

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From this reading I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, And know the Office that belongs to such Warw.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Rome shall remedie this Warw.

thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading Roame thither then.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

Warw

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From this reading Rome shall remedie this Warw.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.

Winch

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From this reading Winch.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare Som.