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

Chapter V

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Geo.
O monstrous Coward!
What, to come behinde Folkes?
Say.
These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

King Henry VI, Part 2

Chapter V

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Geo.
Line 2
O monstrous Coward!
Line 3
What, to come behinde Folkes?
Line 4
Say.
Line 5
These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What, to come behinde Folkes?”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.”

All words in this reading · 19

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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

behinde

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From this reading What, to come behinde Folkes?

Cade

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From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

cheekes

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From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading What, to come behinde Folkes?

Coward

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From this reading O monstrous Coward!

Folkes

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From this reading What, to come behinde Folkes?

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

Geo

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From this reading Geo.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

monstrous

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From this reading O monstrous Coward!

O

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From this reading O monstrous Coward!

pale

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From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

Say

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From this reading Say.

ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading What, to come behinde Folkes?

watching

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From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What, to come behinde Folkes?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading These cheekes are pale for watching for your good Cade.