Chapter XXIII
Unwelcome Preferment
“I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master. Seek the king! That sun I pray may never set.” Shakespeare. Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
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Chapter XXIII · Unwelcome Preferment
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“I
am
a
poor
fallen
man,
unworthy
now
To
be
thy
lord
and
master.
Seek
the
king!
That
sun
I
pray
may
never
set.”
Shakespeare.
Matters
flowed
on
peaceably
with
Stephen
and
Dennet.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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The Armourer's Prentices
Chapter XXIII · Unwelcome Preferment
Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
“I
am
a
poor
fallen
man,
unworthy
now
To
be
thy
lord
and
master.
Line 2
Seek
the
king!
Line 3
That
sun
I
pray
may
never
set.”
Line 4
Shakespeare.
Line 5
Matters
flowed
on
peaceably
with
Stephen
and
Dennet.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
May
modal verb
US /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “That sun I pray may never set.””
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That sun I pray may never set.””
Poor
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading ““I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.”
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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 “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
Dennet
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From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
fallen
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flowed
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From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
king
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From this reading Seek the king!
lord
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man
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master
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Matters
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From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading That sun I pray may never set.”
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That sun I pray may never set.”
now
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From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
peaceably
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From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
pray
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From this reading That sun I pray may never set.”
Seek
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From this reading Seek the king!
set
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From this reading That sun I pray may never set.”
Shakespeare
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From this reading Shakespeare.
Stephen
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From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.
sun
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From this reading That sun I pray may never set.”
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That sun I pray may never set.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Seek the king!
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
unworthy
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From this reading “I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Matters flowed on peaceably with Stephen and Dennet.