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King Henry VI, Part 2
King Henry VI, Part 2

Chapter II

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Context Illustration Reading 1/74 · 5 lines
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Spirit.
Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.
First of the King: What shall of him become?
Spirit.
The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.
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King Henry VI, Part 2

Chapter II

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Spirit.
Line 2
Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.
Line 3
First of the King: What shall of him become?
Line 4
Spirit.
Line 5
The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

Learner Dictionary

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

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “First of the King: What shall of him become?”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “First of the King: What shall of him become?”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.”

Violent noun US /ˈviolent/

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

From this reading “The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.”

Wilt modal verb US /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.”

All words in this reading · 30

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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 The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

Aske

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From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

become

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From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

Bulling

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From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

death

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

depose

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

Duke

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

dye

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

FirstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

Henry

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

King

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From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

liues

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

out-liue

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From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

sayd

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From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

Spirit

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From this reading Spirit.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading First of the King: What shall of him become?

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

violentnounUS /ˈviolent/

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

From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done Bulling.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading The Duke yet liues, that Henry shall depose: But him out-liue, and dye a violent death Bulling.