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King Richard II

Chapter VII

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Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.
My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.
May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?
Bull.
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King Richard II

Chapter VII

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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North.
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Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.
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My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.
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May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?
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Bull.

Learner Dictionary

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

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

argu'd

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

arrest

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

Bull

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From this reading Bull.

Capitall

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

charge

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

Commons

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From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

day

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

grant

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From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

haue

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

keepe

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

Lord

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

Lords

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From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

North

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From this reading North.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

paines

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

please

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From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

safely

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

Sir

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

Suit

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From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading May it please you, Lords, to grant the Commons Suit?

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

Treason

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

Tryall

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

Well

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From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

Westminster

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From this reading My Lord of Westminster, be it your charge, To keepe him safely, till his day of Tryall.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Well haue you argu'd Sir: and for your paines, Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here.