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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

Chapter VI

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Bor.
We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.
A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.
Exeunt.
Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.
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Much Ado About Nothing

Chapter VI

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Bor.
Line 2
We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.
Line 3
A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.
Line 4
Exeunt.
Line 5
Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.

Learner Dictionary

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

Being auxiliary verb US /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.”

Question noun US /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.”

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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 We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

bils

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

Bor

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From this reading Bor.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

commoditie

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

Conr

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

Enter

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From this reading Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.

Exeunt

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From this reading Exeunt.

goodly

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

Hero

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From this reading Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

like

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

Margaret

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From this reading Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.

mens

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

obey

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From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

proue

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

questionnounUS /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

taken

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

vp

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From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

Vrsula

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From this reading Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula.

warrant

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From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, being taken vp of these mens bils Conr.

weele

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From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading A commoditie in question I warrant you, come weele obey you.