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_Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy! 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess! I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit! _Bass._ What find I here? [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Bass._ What find I here?”
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading “[_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!”
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From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading _Bass._ What find I here?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
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From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
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From this reading [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
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From this reading [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
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From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
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From this reading _Bass._ What find I here?
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Bass._ What find I here?
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
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From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
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From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Opening the leaden casket._ Fair Portia’s counterfeit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading 110 O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Por._ [_Aside_] How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Bass._ What find I here?
