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Othello

Chapter VII

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Iago.
Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.
Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?
This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.
Exeunt.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Othello

Chapter VII

Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Iago.
Line 2
Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.
Line 3
Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?
Line 4
This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.
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.

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?”

Either determiner US /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading “This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.”

Gentlemen noun US /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?”

All words in this reading · 43

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aemilia

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

afore

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

Cassio

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

Cittadell

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

drest

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

Exeunt

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From this reading Exeunt.

foredoes

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From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

GentlemennounUS /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

go

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

happ'd

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

Iago

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From this reading Iago.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

Kinde

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

Lady

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

Let's

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

Lord

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

makes

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From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

Mistris

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

night

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From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

poore

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

quight

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From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

run

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

see

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From this reading Kinde Gentlemen: Let's go see poore Cassio drest.

Tale

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

tel's

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From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading This is the night That either makes me, or foredoes me quight.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. aemilia, run you to the Cittadell, And tell my Lord and Lady, what hath happ'd: Will you go on afore?