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

Chapter IX

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Suf.
Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.
Sound.
Enter Reignier on the Walles.
See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.
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King Henry VI, Part 1

Chapter IX

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

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Suf.
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Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.
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Sound.
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Enter Reignier on the Walles.
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See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.

Learner Dictionary

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

Colours noun US /ˈcolours/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.”

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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 Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

call

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

Captaines

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

Castle

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

ColoursnounUS /ˈcolours/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

conferre

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

craue

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

daughter

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From this reading See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.

Enter

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From this reading Enter Reignier on the Walles.

Fathers

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

forth

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

Madam

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Enter Reignier on the Walles.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

parley

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

prisoner

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From this reading See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.

Reig

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From this reading See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.

Reignier

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From this reading Enter Reignier on the Walles.

See

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From this reading See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.

Sound

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From this reading Sound.

Suf

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From this reading Suf.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Enter Reignier on the Walles.

Then

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading See Reignier see, thy daughter prisoner Reig.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

walles

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

Wee'l

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From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Then call our Captaines and our Colours forth, And Madam, at your Fathers Castle walles, Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him.