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The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew

Chapter III

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Pet.
Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?
Bap.
You are welcome sir Petr.
And yet I come not well Bap.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Taming of the Shrew

Chapter III

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Pet.
Line 2
Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?
Line 3
Bap.
Line 4
You are welcome sir Petr.
Line 5
And yet I come not well Bap.

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, where be these gallants? who's at home?”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And yet I come not well Bap.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “And yet I come not well Bap.”

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And yet I come not well Bap.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading You are welcome sir Petr.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

Bap

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From this reading Bap.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

gallants

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From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

home

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From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading And yet I come not well Bap.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And yet I come not well Bap.

Pet

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From this reading Pet.

Petr

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From this reading You are welcome sir Petr.

sir

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From this reading You are welcome sir Petr.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

welcome

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From this reading You are welcome sir Petr.

well

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From this reading And yet I come not well Bap.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

who's

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From this reading Come, where be these gallants? who's at home?

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading And yet I come not well Bap.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You are welcome sir Petr.