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King Lear

Chapter III

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Lear.
Deny to speake with me?
They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.
Fetch me a better answer Glo.
My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.
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King Lear

Chapter III

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Lear.
Line 2
Deny to speake with me?
Line 3
They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.
Line 4
Fetch me a better answer Glo.
Line 5
My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

Learner Dictionary

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

Course noun US /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.”

All words in this reading · 45

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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 Fetch me a better answer Glo.

all

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

answer

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From this reading Fetch me a better answer Glo.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

better

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From this reading Fetch me a better answer Glo.

coursenounUS /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

deere

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

Deny

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From this reading Deny to speake with me?

Duke

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

Fetch

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From this reading Fetch me a better answer Glo.

fetches

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

fiery

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

fixt

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

flying

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

Glo

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From this reading Fetch me a better answer Glo.

haue

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

How

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

images

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

Lear

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From this reading Lear.

Lord

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Deny to speake with me?

meere

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

night

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

off

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

owne

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

quality

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

reuolt

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

sicke

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

speake

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From this reading Deny to speake with me?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Deny to speake with me?

trauail'd

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

vnremoueable

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From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.

weary

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From this reading They are sicke, they are weary, They haue trauail'd all the night? meere fetches, The images of reuolt and flying off.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Deny to speake with me?

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading My deere Lord, You know the fiery quality of the Duke, How vnremoueable and fixt he is In his owne course Lear.