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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Chapter IV

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Ho.
How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.
You mistake: the Musitian likes me not Ho.
Why, my pretty youth?
Iu.
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Chapter IV

Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Ho.
Line 2
How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.
Line 3
You mistake: the Musitian likes me not Ho.
Line 4
Why, my pretty youth?
Line 5
Iu.

Learner Dictionary

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Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.”

All words in this reading · 23

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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

doe

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

Ho

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From this reading Ho.

How

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

Iu

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

likes

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

man

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading You mistake: the Musitian likes me not Ho.

mistake

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From this reading You mistake: the Musitian likes me not Ho.

Musicke

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

Musitian

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From this reading You mistake: the Musitian likes me not Ho.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Why, my pretty youth?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

now

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

pretty

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From this reading Why, my pretty youth?

sadder

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

then

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From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

Why

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From this reading Why, my pretty youth?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading How now? are you sadder then you were before; How doe you, man? the Musicke likes you not Iu.

youth

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From this reading Why, my pretty youth?