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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 2
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 2

Chapter XXVIII

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162: _a_] om.
Q2.
163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.
165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.
168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 2

Chapter XXVIII

Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
162: _a_] om.
Line 2
Q2.
Line 3
163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.
Line 4
165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.
Line 5
168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

Learner Dictionary

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

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

Nay exclamation US /neɪ/

an old word for “no”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

All words in this reading · 24

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162

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From this reading 162: _a_] om.

163

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From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

165

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From this reading 165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.

168

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From this reading 168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

169

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From this reading 168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

2

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From this reading Q2.

3

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From this reading 165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.

4

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From this reading 165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading 162: _a_] om.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading 168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

faults

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From this reading 168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

Ff

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From this reading 168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

Hanmer

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From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

known

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From this reading 168, 169: _faults; But...known,_] Ff Q3 Q4.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading 165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

NayexclamationUS /neɪ/

an old word for “no”

From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

om

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From this reading 162: _a_] om.

Q

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From this reading Q2.

reading

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From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading 165: _thee_] _me_ Q3 Q4.

verse

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From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading 163: _You must_] _Nay, you must_ Hanmer, reading as verse.