Chapter IX
Perd. Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam. Who haue we here? Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut. If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
The Winter's Tale
Chapter IX
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Perd.
Happy
be
you:
All
that
you
speake,
shewes
faire
Cam.
Who
haue
we
here?
Wee'le
make
an
Instrument
of
this:
omit
Nothing
may
giue
vs
aide
Aut.
If
they
haue
ouer-heard
me
now:
why
hanging
Cam.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Perd.
Line 2
Happy
be
you:
All
that
you
speake,
shewes
faire
Cam.
Line 3
Who
haue
we
here?
Line 4
Wee'le
make
an
Instrument
of
this:
omit
Nothing
may
giue
vs
aide
Aut.
Line 5
If
they
haue
ouer-heard
me
now:
why
hanging
Cam.
Learner Dictionary
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Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who haue we here?”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
May
modal verb
US /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
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aide
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All
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
Aut
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
Cam
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faire
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
giue
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
hanging
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Happy
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
haue
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From this reading Who haue we here?
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who haue we here?
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
Instrument
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
now
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From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
omit
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
ouer-heard
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Perd
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From this reading Perd.
shewes
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
speake
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
vs
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Who haue we here?
Wee'le
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who haue we here?
why
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From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.