Chapter V
Ha, dog, how sayest thou? [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards. LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_. _Nuncio._ Caitiffs! Have ye eyes?
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Ha,
dog,
how
sayest
thou?
[_They
surround
and
seize
the_
NUNCIO
_and
his_
Guards.
LOYS
_flings
himself
upon
the
body
of_
ANAEL,
_on
which_
DJABAL
_continues
to
gaze
as
stupefied_.
_Nuncio._
Caitiffs!
Have
ye
eyes?
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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
Chapter V
Reading 1/167 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
Ha,
dog,
how
sayest
thou?
Line 2
[_They
surround
and
seize
the_
NUNCIO
_and
his_
Guards.
Line 3
LOYS
_flings
himself
upon
the
body
of_
ANAEL,
_on
which_
DJABAL
_continues
to
gaze
as
stupefied_.
Line 4
_Nuncio._
Caitiffs!
Line 5
Have
ye
eyes?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Body
noun
US /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have ye eyes?”
Himself
pronoun
US /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Ha, dog, how sayest thou?”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.”
All words in this reading · 32
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ANAEL
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
Caitiffs
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From this reading _Nuncio._ Caitiffs!
continues
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
DJABAL
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
dog
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From this reading Ha, dog, how sayest thou?
eyes
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From this reading Have ye eyes?
flings
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
gaze
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
Guards
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From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
Ha
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From this reading Ha, dog, how sayest thou?
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have ye eyes?
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
how
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From this reading Ha, dog, how sayest thou?
LOYS
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
NUNCIO
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From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
sayest
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From this reading Ha, dog, how sayest thou?
seize
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From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
stupefied
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From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
surround
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From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_They surround and seize the_ NUNCIO _and his_ Guards.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Ha, dog, how sayest thou?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading LOYS _flings himself upon the body of_ ANAEL, _on which_ DJABAL _continues to gaze as stupefied_.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Have ye eyes?