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Othello

Chapter II

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Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.
Enter.
Othe.
My life vpon her faith.
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Othello

Chapter II

Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Bra.
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Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.
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Enter.
Line 4
Othe.
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My life vpon her faith.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hast auxiliary verb US /hæst/

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

From this reading “Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My life vpon her faith.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

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

From this reading “Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.”

All words in this reading · 23

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

Bra

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From this reading Bra.

deceiu'd

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

eies

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

Enter

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From this reading Enter.

faith

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From this reading My life vpon her faith.

Father

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

ha's

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/

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

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading My life vpon her faith.

Looke

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

Moore

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My life vpon her faith.

Othe

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From this reading Othe.

see

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From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

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

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Looke to her (Moore) if thou hast eies to see: She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.

vpon

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From this reading My life vpon her faith.