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The Noble Rogue
The Noble Rogue

Chapter V

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'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
--HAMLET V.
2.
Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
He entered very composedly.
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The Noble Rogue

Chapter V

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
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--HAMLET V.
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2.
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Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
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He entered very composedly.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.”

John noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”

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From this reading 2.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

announced

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

Ayloffe

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

baser

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

comes

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

composedly

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From this reading He entered very composedly.

cycles

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

dangerous

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

despatch

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

entered

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From this reading He entered very composedly.

fell

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

HAMLET

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From this reading --HAMLET V.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He entered very composedly.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

immeasurable

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

incenséd

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

John

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

Julia

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

Less

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

like

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

mighty

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

minutes

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

missive

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

more

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

nature

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

opposites

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

pass

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

points

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

Sir

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

Tis

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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

twenty

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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

V

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From this reading --HAMLET V.

very

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From this reading He entered very composedly.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.