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King Henry VI, Part 3
King Henry VI, Part 3

Chapter III

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A lowd alarum.
Enter Clifford Wounded.
Clif.
Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.
O Lancaster!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

King Henry VI, Part 3

Chapter III

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

Line 1
A lowd alarum.
Line 2
Enter Clifford Wounded.
Line 3
Clif.
Line 4
Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.
Line 5
O Lancaster!

Learner Dictionary

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

Wounded noun US /wounded/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Enter Clifford Wounded.”

All words in this reading · 24

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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 A lowd alarum.

alarum

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From this reading A lowd alarum.

burnes

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Candle

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Clif

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From this reading Clif.

Clifford

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From this reading Enter Clifford Wounded.

dies

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Enter

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From this reading Enter Clifford Wounded.

gaue

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Heere

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Henry

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

King

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Lancaster

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From this reading O Lancaster!

lasted

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

light

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

lowd

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From this reading A lowd alarum.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

O

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From this reading O Lancaster!

out

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

whiles

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From this reading Heere burnes my Candle out; I, heere it dies, Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light.

Wounded

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From this reading Enter Clifford Wounded.