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Chapter XV
_Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies. 95 Will you draw near? [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.' Nothing in France, until he has no wife! Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Nothing in France, until he has no wife!”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “[_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'”
not one, and not any
From this reading “Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “[_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “[_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Nothing in France, until he has no wife!”
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From this reading 95 Will you draw near?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
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From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
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From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
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From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
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From this reading 95 Will you draw near?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing in France, until he has no wife!
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nothing in France, until he has no wife!
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From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
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From this reading 95 Will you draw near?
not any; not one
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
not one, and not any
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France; Then hast thou all again.
up to a particular time
From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
up to a particular time
From this reading Nothing in France, until he has no wife!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies.
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From this reading [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._ _Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 95 Will you draw near?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 95 Will you draw near?
