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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

Chapter IV

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Prin.
Come, shall we heare this musicke?
Claud.
Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.
As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Much Ado About Nothing

Chapter IV

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Prin.
Line 2
Come, shall we heare this musicke?
Line 3
Claud.
Line 4
Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.
Line 5
As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

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, shall we heare this musicke?”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Come, shall we heare this musicke?”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.”

Yea exclamation US /jeɪ/

an old word for “yes”

From this reading “Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.”

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AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

Claud

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From this reading Claud.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come, shall we heare this musicke?

euening

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From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

grace

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From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

harmonie

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From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

heare

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From this reading Come, shall we heare this musicke?

how

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From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

husht

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From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

Lord

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From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

musicke

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From this reading Come, shall we heare this musicke?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

Prin

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From this reading Prin.

purpose

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From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Come, shall we heare this musicke?

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Come, shall we heare this musicke?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading As husht on purpose to grace harmonie Prin.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Come, shall we heare this musicke?

YeaexclamationUS /jeɪ/

an old word for “yes”

From this reading Yea my good Lord: how still the euening is.