Chapter III
LIFE AND DEATH. XIV. MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE. “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.” —OTHELLO.
The Sword of Damocles
Chapter III
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LIFE
AND
DEATH.
XIV.
MISS
BELINDA
HAS
A
QUESTION
TO
DECIDE.
“I
pray
you
in
your
letters, * * * * *
Speak
of
me
as
I
am;
nothing
extenuate,
Nor
set
down
aught
in
malice.”
—OTHELLO.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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LIFE
AND
DEATH.
Line 2
XIV.
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MISS
BELINDA
HAS
A
QUESTION
TO
DECIDE.
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“I
pray
you
in
your
letters, * * * * *
Speak
of
me
as
I
am;
nothing
extenuate,
Nor
set
down
aught
in
malice.”
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—OTHELLO.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
HAS
auxiliary verb
US /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.”
LIFE
noun
US /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LIFE AND DEATH.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ““I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.””
QUESTION
noun
US /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.”
Speak
noun
US /speak/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.””
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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 MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIFE AND DEATH.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
aught
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
BELINDA
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From this reading MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
DEATH
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From this reading LIFE AND DEATH.
DECIDE
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From this reading MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
down
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
extenuate
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
HASauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
letters
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIFE AND DEATH.
malice
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
MISS
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From this reading MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
OTHELLO
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From this reading —OTHELLO.
pray
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
QUESTIONnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
set
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
Speak
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From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
XIV
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From this reading XIV.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I pray you in your letters, * * * * * Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.”