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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXX

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Context Illustration Reading 1/296 · 5 lines
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Some speake.
What do's his Lordship meane?
Some other.
I know not Timon.
May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXX

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

Line 1
Some speake.
Line 2
What do's his Lordship meane?
Line 3
Some other.
Line 4
I know not Timon.
Line 5
May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

Learner Dictionary

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

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I know not Timon.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”

All words in this reading · 28

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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 May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

behold

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

better

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

do's

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From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?

Feast

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I know not Timon.

Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

knot

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I know not Timon.

Lordship

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From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?

lukewarm

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

meane

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From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?

Mouth-Friends

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

neuer

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I know not Timon.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

other

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From this reading Some other.

perfection

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

Smoke

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

Some

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From this reading Some speake.

speake

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From this reading Some speake.

Timon

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From this reading I know not Timon.

water

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From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.