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Philaster

Chapter XIII

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[_Delivers his Crowne to him_.
Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.
PHA.
How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.
KIN.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Philaster

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
[_Delivers his Crowne to him_.
Line 2
Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.
Line 3
PHA.
Line 4
How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.
Line 5
KIN.

Learner Dictionary

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

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.”

All words in this reading · 26

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

Ashume

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Crowne

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From this reading [_Delivers his Crowne to him_.

Daughter

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Delivers

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From this reading [_Delivers his Crowne to him_.

due

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From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

gave

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himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading [_Delivers his Crowne to him_.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading [_Delivers his Crowne to him_.

How

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From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

KIN

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From this reading KIN.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

PHA

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From this reading PHA.

Sir

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Son

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From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

then

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From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading [_Delivers his Crowne to him_.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Ashume my Son to take what is thy due.

yer

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From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading How Sir, yer son, what am I then, your Daughter you gave to me.