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The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8, section 1: Iew. I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por. Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say? Ant. But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.
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Iew.
I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.
Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?
Ant.
But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.
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The Merchant of Venice

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Iew.
Line 2
I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.
Line 3
Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?
Line 4
Ant.
Line 5
But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.”

Merchant noun US /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

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

From this reading “Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.”

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

Ant

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From this reading Ant.

any

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From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

arm'd

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From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

bond

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From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

cannot

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From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

finde

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From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

haue

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From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

Iew

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From this reading Iew.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

MerchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

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

From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

Por

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From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

prepar'd

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From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

say

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From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

tis

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From this reading I cannot finde it, 'tis not in the bond Por.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?

well

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From this reading But little: I am arm'd and well prepar'd.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Come Merchant, haue you any thing to say?