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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXVI

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Sicin.
Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.
Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.
Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.
Let's along.
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXVI

Reading 1/280 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Sicin.
Line 2
Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.
Line 3
Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.
Line 4
Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.
Line 5
Let's along.

Learner Dictionary

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

Along preposition US /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “Let's along.”

Besides preposition US /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading “Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.”

Hence adverb US /hens/

for this reason

From this reading “Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.”

Ought modal verb US /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading “Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.”

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Action

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

all

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Let's along.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

BesidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

Bru

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

Cominius

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

demerits

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

dispatch

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

earn'd

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

fashion

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

faults

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

go

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

goes

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

halfe

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

heare

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

henceadverbUS /hens/

for this reason

From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

Honors

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

How

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

indeed

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

Let's

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

made

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

Martius

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

merit

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From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

More

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

Opinion

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

present

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

rob

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

Sicin

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From this reading Sicin.

singularity

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

stickes

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

then

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

things

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Come: halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults To Martius shall be Honors, though indeed In ought he merit not Sicin.

Vpon

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From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.

well

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From this reading Besides, if things go well, Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius Bru.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Let's hence, and heare How the dispatch is made, and in what fashion More then his singularity, he goes Vpon this present Action Bru.