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King Richard II

Chapter VIII

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Qu.
Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.
So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.
We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.
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King Richard II

Chapter VIII

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

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Qu.
Line 2
Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.
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So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.
Line 4
We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.
Line 5
Exeunt.

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.”

Part noun US /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.”

Rest noun US /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.”

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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 So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

adieu

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

againe

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

delay

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

Exeunt

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From this reading Exeunt.

fond

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

Giue

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

gone

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From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

groane

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From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

haue

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From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

heart

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

keepe

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

kill

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

more

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

now

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From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

Once

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

owne

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

partnounUS /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

Qu

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From this reading Qu.

restnounUS /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

Rich

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From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

say

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

Sorrow

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

striue

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From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

twere

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From this reading Giue me mine owne againe: 'twere no good part, To take on me to keepe, and kill thy heart.

wanton

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading So, now I haue mine owne againe, be gone, That I may striue to kill it with a groane Rich.

Woe

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From this reading We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: Once more adieu; the rest, let Sorrow say.