Chapter I
Pro. Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she? Sp. Truely Sir, I thinke you'll hardly win her Pro. Why? could'st thou perceiue so much from her?
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Chapter I
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Pro.
Well
Sir:
here
is
for
your
paines:
what
said
she?
Sp.
Truely
Sir,
I
thinke
you'll
hardly
win
her
Pro.
Why?
could'st
thou
perceiue
so
much
from
her?
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Line 1
Pro.
Line 2
Well
Sir:
here
is
for
your
paines:
what
said
she?
Line 3
Sp.
Line 4
Truely
Sir,
I
thinke
you'll
hardly
win
her
Pro.
Line 5
Why?
could'st
thou
perceiue
so
much
from
her?
Learner Dictionary
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Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she?”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Why? could'st thou perceiue so much from her?”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she?”
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could'st
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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hardly
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Truely Sir, I thinke you'll hardly win her Pro.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Truely Sir, I thinke you'll hardly win her Pro.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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much
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paines
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perceiue
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Pro
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said
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
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Sir
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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Sp
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thinke
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thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Why? could'st thou perceiue so much from her?
Truely
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Well
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From this reading Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
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Why
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win
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you'll
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yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well Sir: here is for your paines: what said she?