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King Lear

Chapter IV

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Lear.
Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.
And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.
Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?
Kent.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
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King Lear

Chapter IV

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Lear.
Line 2
Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.
Line 3
And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.
Line 4
Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?
Line 5
Kent.

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 “Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?”

Hither adverb US /ˈhɪðər/

an old word meaning “to this place”

From this reading “Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.”

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.

bed

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From this reading And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

Curtaines

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

draw

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

Foole

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

Friend

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From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

Glou

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From this reading And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.

go

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/

an old word meaning “to this place”

From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

i'th

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

Ile

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From this reading And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

Kent

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From this reading Kent.

King

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From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

Lear

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From this reading Lear.

MakenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

Master

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From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

noise

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

noone

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From this reading And Ile go to bed at noone Glou.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

Supper

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

wee'l

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From this reading Make no noise, make no noise, draw the Curtaines: so, so, wee'l go to Supper i'th' morning Foole.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Come hither Friend: Where is the King my Master?