Chapter VI
Bass. Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra. Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner. What and stake downe? Gra.
The Merchant of Venice
Chapter VI
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Bass.
Our
feast
shall
be
much
honored
in
your
marriage
Gra.
Weele
play
with
them
the
first
boy
for
a
thousand
ducats
Ner.
What
and
stake
downe?
Gra.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Bass.
Line 2
Our
feast
shall
be
much
honored
in
your
marriage
Gra.
Line 3
Weele
play
with
them
the
first
boy
for
a
thousand
ducats
Ner.
Line 4
What
and
stake
downe?
Line 5
Gra.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
First
noun
US /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.”
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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 Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What and stake downe?
Bass
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From this reading Bass.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
boy
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From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
downe
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ducats
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feast
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From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
Gra
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From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
honored
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From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
marriage
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From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
much
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From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
Ner
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From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
play
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From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
stake
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From this reading What and stake downe?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
thousand
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From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
Weele
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From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What and stake downe?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.