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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter IX

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Duke.
You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.
Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?
Por.
I did my Lord Du.
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter IX

Reading 1/284 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Duke.
Line 2
You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.
Line 3
Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?
Line 4
Por.
Line 5
I did my Lord Du.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.”

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.”

All words in this reading · 29

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

Bellario

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From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

Came

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From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I did my Lord Du.

DoctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

Du

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From this reading I did my Lord Du.

Duke

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From this reading Duke.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?

Giue

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From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?

hand

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From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

heare

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From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

heere

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From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

learn'd

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From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

Lord

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From this reading I did my Lord Du.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I did my Lord Du.

old

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From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?

Por

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From this reading Por.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

writes

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From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, And heere (I take it) is the Doctor come.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Giue me your hand: Came you from old Bellario?