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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 With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
admir'd
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
affable
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
all
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
alter'd
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From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
angry
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
beares
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
become
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
belongs
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
Brow
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
Countenance
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From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
Court
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
day
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
Disdaining
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
dutie
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
euery
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
Eye
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
farre-off
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
giue
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
glance
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
himselfe
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
How
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
Immediately
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
insolent
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
Knee
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
knits
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
late
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
Looke
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
Maiestie
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
meet
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
milde
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
Morne
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
now
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
obserue
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From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
passeth
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
peremptorie
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
prowd
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
Queene
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From this reading Queene.
see
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From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
shewes
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
stiffe
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
strangenesse
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From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
submission
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
vnbowed
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
vnlike
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From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
vpon
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From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
vs
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From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We know the time since he was milde and affable, And if we did but glance a farre-off Looke, Immediately he was vpon his Knee, That all the Court admir'd him for submission.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, When euery one will giue the time of day, He knits his Brow, and shewes an angry Eye, And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, Disdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With what a Maiestie he beares himselfe, How insolent of late he is become, How prowd, how peremptorie, and vnlike himselfe.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can you not see? or will ye not obserue The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance?
