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King John

Chapter IV

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Elea.
Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.
Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.
King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.
And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.
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King John

Chapter IV

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Elea.
Line 2
Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.
Line 3
Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.
Line 4
King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.
Line 5
And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.”

Lest conjunction US /lest/

in order that something should not happen

From this reading “Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.”

All words in this reading · 39

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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 Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

Aust

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

Bast

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From this reading King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

Calues-skin

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From this reading And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

Cardinall

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From this reading King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.

Con

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From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

Deuill

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

disioyning

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

Elea

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From this reading Elea.

France

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From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

go

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From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

hand

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From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

hang

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From this reading And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

hell

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

King

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From this reading King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.

lestconjunctionUS /lest/

in order that something should not happen

From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

limbs

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From this reading And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

listen

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From this reading King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.

Look'st

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From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

Looke

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

lose

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

pale

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From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

Philip

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From this reading King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.

recreant

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From this reading And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs Aust.

repent

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

soule

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From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading King Philip, listen to the Cardinall Bast.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand Con.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Looke to that Deuill, lest that France repent, And by disioyning hands hell lose a soule Aust.