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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XI

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What Countreyman I pray?
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Of Mantua Tra.
Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XI

Reading 1/274 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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What Countreyman I pray?
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Of Mantua Tra.
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Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

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 “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”

All words in this reading · 19

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

carelesse

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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

Countreyman

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From this reading What Countreyman I pray?

forbid

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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

God

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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading What Countreyman I pray?

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

Mantua

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From this reading Of Mantua Tra.

marrie

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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Of Mantua Tra.

Padua

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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

Ped

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From this reading Ped.

pray

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From this reading What Countreyman I pray?

Sir

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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.

Tra

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From this reading Tra.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What Countreyman I pray?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.