Chapter II
Lear. Why my Boy? Fool. If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear. Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
King Lear
Chapter II
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Lear.
Why
my
Boy?
Fool.
If
I
gaue
them
all
my
liuing,
I'ld
keepe
my
Coxcombes
my
selfe,
there's
mine,
beg
another
of
thy
Daughters
Lear.
Take
heed
Sirrah,
the
whip
Foole.
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Line 1
Lear.
Line 2
Why
my
Boy?
Line 3
Fool.
/fool/
Line 4
If
I
gaue
them
all
my
liuing,
I'ld
keepe
my
Coxcombes
my
selfe,
there's
mine,
beg
another
of
thy
Daughters
Lear.
Line 5
Take
heed
Sirrah,
the
whip
Foole.
Learner Dictionary
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Another
noun
US /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.”
Fool
noun
US /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fool.”
Mine
pronoun
US /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.”
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all
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
beg
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
Boy
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From this reading Why my Boy?
Coxcombes
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
Daughters
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
FoolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fool.
Foole
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From this reading Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
gaue
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
heed
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From this reading Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
I'ld
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
keepe
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
Lear
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From this reading Lear.
liuing
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Why my Boy?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
selfe
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
Sirrah
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From this reading Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
there's
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From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading If I gaue them all my liuing, I'ld keepe my Coxcombes my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters Lear.
whip
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From this reading Take heed Sirrah, the whip Foole.
Why
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From this reading Why my Boy?