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Chapter XVII

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"Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"
--ROMEO AND JULIET.
"There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."
--HENRY IV.
IT is next day.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XVII

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"
Line 2
--ROMEO AND JULIET.
Line 3
"There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."
Line 4
--HENRY IV.
Line 5
IT is next day.

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."”

Neither determiner US /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading “"There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IT is next day.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

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

From this reading “"There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."”

All words in this reading · 24

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

day

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From this reading IT is next day.

early

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From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

fellowship

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From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

HENRY

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From this reading --HENRY IV.

honesty

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From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading IT is next day.

ITpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading IT is next day.

IV

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From this reading --HENRY IV.

JULIET

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From this reading --ROMEO AND JULIET.

known

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From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

late

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From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

manhood

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From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IT is next day.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

ROMEO

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From this reading --ROMEO AND JULIET.

seen

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From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

theepronounUS /ðiː/

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

From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

There's

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From this reading "There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee."

Too

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From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

unknown

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From this reading "Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"