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

Chapter VII

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Ver.
Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.
Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.
Confirme it so?
Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?
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King Henry VI, Part 1

Chapter VII

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Ver.
Line 2
Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.
Line 3
Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.
Line 4
Confirme it so?
Line 5
Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

Learner Dictionary

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

Began noun US /began/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.”

Confounded adjective US /kənˈfaʊndɪd/

annoying or confusing

From this reading “Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.”

Nay exclamation US /neɪ/

an old word for “no”

From this reading “Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.”

Rest noun US /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.”

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

asham'd

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

audacious

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

Bass

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From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

begannounUS /began/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

clamorous

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

Confirme

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From this reading Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.

ConfoundedadjectiveUS /kənˈfaʊndɪd/

annoying or confusing

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

disturbe

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

Glo

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From this reading Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.

honourable

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From this reading Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.

immodest

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

King

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

Lord

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From this reading Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.

NayexclamationUS /neɪ/

an old word for “no”

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

outrage

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

perish

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

prate

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

Presumptuous

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

restnounUS /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord Glo.

strife

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

trouble

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

vassals

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

Ver

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From this reading Ver.

Vs

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From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Nay, let it rest where it began at first Bass.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

yepronounUS /jiː/

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Confounded be your strife, And perish ye with your audacious prate, Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd With this immodest clamorous outrage, To trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs?