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The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar

Chapter VII

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[Note 42: /should:/ would.
The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]
[Page 70] CÆSAR.
And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.
Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser; I will not come to-day.
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The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar

Chapter VII

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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[Note 42: /should:/ would.
Line 2
The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]
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[Page 70] CÆSAR.
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And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.
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Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser; I will not come to-day.

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 “And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “[Note 42: /should:/ would.”

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42

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From this reading [Note 42: /should:/ would.

60

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

70

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From this reading [Page 70] CÆSAR.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

bear

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

Cannot

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From this reading Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser; I will not come to-day.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

CÆSAR

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From this reading [Page 70] CÆSAR.

dare

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From this reading Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser; I will not come to-day.

false

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From this reading Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser; I will not come to-day.

falser

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From this reading Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser; I will not come to-day.

greeting

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

happy

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

Note

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From this reading [Note 42: /should:/ would.

Page

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From this reading [Page 70] CÆSAR.

post-Elizabethan

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From this reading The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]

present-day

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From this reading The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]

senators

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading [Note 42: /should:/ would.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

to-day

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

usage

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From this reading The present-day usage is post-Elizabethan.]

very

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From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading [Note 42: /should:/ would.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And you are come in very happy time, 60 To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come to-day.