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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 4
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 4

Chapter VI

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[885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.
[886] _life_] _death_ Seymour conj.
[887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.
[888] _learn'd_] Ff Q₅.
_learnt_ Q₁ Q₂.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 4

Chapter VI

Reading 1/103 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
[885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.
Line 2
[886] _life_] _death_ Seymour conj.
Line 3
[887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.
Line 4
[888] _learn'd_] Ff Q₅.
Line 5
_learnt_ Q₁ Q₂.

Learner Dictionary

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

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

All words in this reading · 22

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885

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From this reading [885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.

886

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From this reading [886] _life_] _death_ Seymour conj.

887

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From this reading [887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.

888

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From this reading [888] _learn'd_] Ff Q₅.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading [887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.

Anon

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From this reading [885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.

conj

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From this reading [885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.

dear

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From this reading [885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.

death

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From this reading [886] _life_] _death_ Seymour conj.

drear

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From this reading [885] _dear_] _drear_ Anon. conj.

Ff

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From this reading [888] _learn'd_] Ff Q₅.

Johnson

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From this reading [887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.

learn'd

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From this reading [888] _learn'd_] Ff Q₅.

learnt

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From this reading _learnt_ Q₁ Q₂.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading [886] _life_] _death_ Seymour conj.

mede

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From this reading [887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.

merit

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From this reading [887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading [887] _merit, not_] _mede, and not_ Johnson conj.

Q₁

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From this reading _learnt_ Q₁ Q₂.

Q₂

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From this reading _learnt_ Q₁ Q₂.

Q₅

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From this reading [888] _learn'd_] Ff Q₅.

Seymour

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From this reading [886] _life_] _death_ Seymour conj.