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Romeo and Juliet

Chapter VII

Chapter 7, section 1: Rom. Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri. Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patie
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Rom.
Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.
Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.
There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.
Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.
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Romeo and Juliet

Chapter VII

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Rom.
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Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.
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Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.
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There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.
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Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

Learner Dictionary

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

Art auxiliary verb US /ɑːrt/

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

From this reading “Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.”

Hence adverb US /hens/

for this reason

From this reading “There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.”

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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 Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

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

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

Axe

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

banished

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From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

banishment

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

banisht

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

broad

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From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

calling

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

cut'st

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

death

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

exile

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

Fri

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

golden

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

Ha

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

head

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

hell

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

HenceadverbUS /hens/

for this reason

From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

HerenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

looke

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

mercifull

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

mistearm'd

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

more

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

Much

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

murders

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

off

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

patient

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From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

Purgatorie

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

Rom

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From this reading Rom.

say

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

selfe

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

smilest

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

stroke

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

terror

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

then

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From this reading Ha, banishment? be mercifull, say death: For exile hath more terror in his looke, Much more then death: do not say banishment Fri.

There

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

Torture

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

Verona

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From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

vpon

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From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

walles

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

wide

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From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Then banished, Is death, mistearm'd, calling death banished, Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me Fri.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.

world

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From this reading Here from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide Rom.

worlds

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From this reading There is no world without Verona walles, But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe: Hence banished, is banisht from the world, And worlds exile is death.