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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXXI

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4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?
All.
The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.
You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?
And will you giue me leaue?
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXXI

Reading 1/295 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?
Line 2
All.
Line 3
The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.
Line 4
You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?
Line 5
And will you giue me leaue?

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?”

Murderers noun US /ˈmurderers/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?”

Traitors noun US /ˈtreɪtərz/

people who betray a person or country that trusts them

From this reading “4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?”

All words in this reading · 38

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2

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From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

4

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From this reading 4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

All

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From this reading All.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

Ant

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From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

Caesar

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

compell

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

Corpes

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

descend

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

giue

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From this reading And will you giue me leaue?

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

Honourable

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From this reading 4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

leaue

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From this reading And will you giue me leaue?

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

made

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

men

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From this reading 4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?

MurderersnounUS /ˈmurderers/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

read

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From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

Ring

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

shew

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

Testament

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From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

then

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From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?

TraitorsnounUS /ˈtreɪtərz/

people who betray a person or country that trusts them

From this reading 4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?

Villaines

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From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading 4 They were Traitors: Honourable men?

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The Will, the Testament 2 They were Villaines, Murderers: the Will, read the Will Ant.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You will compell me then to read the Will: Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Caesar, And let me shew you him that made the Will: Shall I descend?