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Chapter III
DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold. [_They close the door on the corridor_.] [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.] DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience. DUKE What are these grievances?
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used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “DUKE What are these grievances?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
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From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading DUKE What are these grievances?
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From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
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From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
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From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
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From this reading [_They close the door on the corridor_.]
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From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
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From this reading [_They close the door on the corridor_.]
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From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUKE What are these grievances?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_Enter the Duchess followed by a crowd of meanly dressed Citizens_.]
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading [_They close the door on the corridor_.]
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From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_They close the door on the corridor_.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading DUKE What are these grievances?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_They close the door on the corridor_.]
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading DUKE Shut that door there; this morning air is cold.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading DUKE What are these grievances?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading DUCHESS [_flinging herself upon her knees_] I do beseech your Grace to give us audience.
