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King Richard III
King Richard III

Chapter VI

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Rich.
Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.
Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.
No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.
Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?
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King Richard III

Chapter VI

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Rich.
Line 2
Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.
Line 3
Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.
Line 4
No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.
Line 5
Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

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 “No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.”

Therefore adverb US /ˈðerfɔːr/

for that reason; as a result

From this reading “No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?”

Wherefore adverb US /werˈfɔːr/

an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”

From this reading “Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.”

Wilt modal verb US /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

back

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From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

beat

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From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

cannot

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From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

comes

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From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

feare

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From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

flye

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From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

guesse

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From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

Liege

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From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

Lord

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From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

mistrust

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From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

Power

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From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

reuolt

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From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

Rich

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From this reading Rich.

Stan

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From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

then

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From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/

for that reason; as a result

From this reading No, my good Lord, therefore mistrust me not Rich.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

Vnlesse

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From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

Welchman

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From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Where is thy Power then, to beat him back?

whereforeadverbUS /werˈfɔːr/

an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare Stan.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Vnlesse for that he comes to be your Liege, You cannot guesse wherefore the Welchman comes.