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The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors

Chapter I

Chapter 1, section 1: The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima. Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants. Marchant. Proceed Solinus to procure my fal
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The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.
Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.
Marchant.
Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.
Merchant of Siracusa, plead no more.
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The Comedy of Errors

Chapter I

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.
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Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.
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Marchant.
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Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.
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Merchant of Siracusa, plead no more.

Learner Dictionary

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Merchant noun US /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading “Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.”

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Actus

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From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

all

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From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

attendants

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From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

Comedie

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From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

death

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From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

doome

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Duke

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From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

end

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Enter

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Ephesus

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Errors

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fall

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Iaylor

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From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

Marchant

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From this reading Marchant.

MerchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

more

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From this reading Merchant of Siracusa, plead no more.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Merchant of Siracusa, plead no more.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

other

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From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

plead

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From this reading Merchant of Siracusa, plead no more.

prima

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From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

primus

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From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

Proceed

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From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

procure

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Scena

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From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

Siracusa

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From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

Solinus

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From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Comedie of Errors Actus primus, Scena prima.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Enter the Duke of Ephesus, with the Merchant of Siracusa, Iaylor, and other attendants.

woes

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From this reading Proceed Solinus to procure my fall, And by the doome of death end woes and all Duke.