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Philaster
Philaster

Chapter I

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Context Illustration Reading 1/95 · 5 lines
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Love lies a Bleeding.
_The Scene being in_ Cicilie.
Persons Represented in the Play.
_The_ King.
Philaster, _Heir to the Crown_.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Philaster

Chapter I

Reading 1/95 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Love lies a Bleeding.
Line 2
_The Scene being in_ Cicilie.
Line 3
Persons Represented in the Play.
Line 4
_The_ King.
Line 5
Philaster, _Heir to the Crown_.

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 “_The Scene being in_ Cicilie.”

Heir noun US /er/

A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

All words in this reading · 17

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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 Love lies a Bleeding.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading _The Scene being in_ Cicilie.

Bleeding

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From this reading Love lies a Bleeding.

Cicilie

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From this reading _The Scene being in_ Cicilie.

Crown

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From this reading Philaster, _Heir to the Crown_.

HeirnounUS /er/

A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

From this reading Philaster, _Heir to the Crown_.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading _The Scene being in_ Cicilie.

King

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From this reading _The_ King.

lies

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From this reading Love lies a Bleeding.

Love

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From this reading Love lies a Bleeding.

Persons

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From this reading Persons Represented in the Play.

Philaster

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From this reading Philaster, _Heir to the Crown_.

Play

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From this reading Persons Represented in the Play.

Represented

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From this reading Persons Represented in the Play.

Scene

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From this reading _The Scene being in_ Cicilie.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _The Scene being in_ Cicilie.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Philaster, _Heir to the Crown_.