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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXIX

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Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
Enter.
Iul.
O God!
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXIX

Reading 1/296 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Mo.
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Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
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Enter.
Line 4
Iul.
Line 5
O God!

Learner Dictionary

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

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”

Wilt modal verb US /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”

All words in this reading · 23

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

Enter

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From this reading Enter.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

God

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From this reading O God!

haue

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From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

Ile

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From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

Iul

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From this reading Iul.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

Mo

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From this reading Mo.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

O

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From this reading O God!

speake

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From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

Talke

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From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.

word

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From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.