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Chapter XVI
La. I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu. And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee. Enter a Gardiner, and two Seruants. But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Enter a Gardiner, and two Seruants.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
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From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
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From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
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From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
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From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
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From this reading Enter a Gardiner, and two Seruants.
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From this reading Enter a Gardiner, and two Seruants.
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From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
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From this reading La.
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From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
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From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
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From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
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From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enter a Gardiner, and two Seruants.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But stay, here comes the Gardiners, Let's step into the shadow of these Trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enter a Gardiner, and two Seruants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, And neuer borrow any Teare of thee.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good Qu.
