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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXVII

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Bru.
We stood too't in good time.
Is this Menenius?
Sicin.
'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXVII

Reading 1/300 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Bru.
Line 2
We stood too't in good time.
Line 3
Is this Menenius?
Line 4
Sicin.
Line 5
'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We stood too't in good time.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We stood too't in good time.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We stood too't in good time.”

All words in this reading · 22

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Bru

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From this reading Bru.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We stood too't in good time.

grown

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

Haile

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading We stood too't in good time.

Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Is this Menenius?

kind

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

late

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

Mene

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

Menenius

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From this reading Is this Menenius?

most

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

O

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

Sicin

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From this reading Sicin.

Sir

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We stood too't in good time.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Is this Menenius?

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We stood too't in good time.

Tis

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From this reading 'Tis he, 'tis he: O he is grown most kind of late: Haile Sir Mene.

too't

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From this reading We stood too't in good time.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We stood too't in good time.