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The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors

Chapter II

Chapter 2, section 1: Enter. Enter Antipholis Errotis. Ant. The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and m
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Enter.
Enter Antipholis Errotis.
Ant.
The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.
I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Comedy of Errors

Chapter II

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Enter.
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Enter Antipholis Errotis.
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Ant.
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The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.
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I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

Learner Dictionary

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

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.”

Since preposition US /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading “I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

Ant

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From this reading Ant.

Antipholis

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From this reading Enter Antipholis Errotis.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

care

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

Centaur

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

comes

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From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

computation

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

Dromio

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

Enter

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From this reading Enter.

Errotis

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From this reading Enter Antipholis Errotis.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

forth

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

gaue

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

gold

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

heedfull

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

hosts

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

laid

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

Mart

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From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

out

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

report

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

Safe

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

see

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From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

seeke

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

sent

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From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

slaue

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

speake

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From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

vp

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

wandred

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From this reading The gold I gaue to Dromio is laid vp Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue Is wandred forth in care to seeke me out By computation and mine hosts report.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading I could not speake with Dromio, since at first I sent him from the Mart? see here he comes.