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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 3
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 3

Chapter VIII

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_Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?
_Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?
_Bian._ Cambio is changed into Lucentio.
_Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.
Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 3

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?
Line 2
_Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?
Line 3
_Bian._ Cambio is changed into Lucentio.
Line 4
_Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.
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Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

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

From this reading “_Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.”

Unto preposition US /ˈʌntuː/

an old word for “to”

From this reading “Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.”

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110

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

arrived

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

Bap

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From this reading _Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?

bear

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

Bian

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From this reading _Bian._ Cambio is changed into Lucentio.

Bianca's

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

bliss

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

braved

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

Cambio

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From this reading _Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?

changed

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From this reading _Bian._ Cambio is changed into Lucentio.

countenance

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

damned

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

exchange

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

faced

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

happily

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

haven

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading _Bian._ Cambio is changed into Lucentio.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

Love

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From this reading _Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.

Luc

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From this reading _Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.

Lucentio

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From this reading _Bian._ Cambio is changed into Lucentio.

Made

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

matter

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

miracles

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From this reading _Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

state

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

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

From this reading _Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

town

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

Tranio

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

UntoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/

an old word for “to”

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

villain

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

Vin

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From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading _Vin._ Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so?

WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

Why

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From this reading _Bap._ Why, tell me, is not this my Cambio?

wished

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From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Bianca's love 110 Made me exchange my state with Tranio, While he did bear my countenance in the town And happily I have arrived at the last Unto the wished haven of my bliss.

wrought

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From this reading _Luc._ Love wrought these miracles.