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

Chapter XX

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_all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).
[3088] _treason_] _reason_ Q₈.
[3089] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Ff.
_never_ Qq.
[3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 4

Chapter XX

Reading 1/108 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).
Line 2
[3088] _treason_] _reason_ Q₈.
Line 3
[3089] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Ff.
Line 4
_never_ Qq.
Line 5
[3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

Learner Dictionary

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

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “_all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).”

All words in this reading · 23

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3088

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From this reading [3088] _treason_] _reason_ Q₈.

3089

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From this reading [3089] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Ff.

3090

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From this reading [3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

all

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From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

conj

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From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

Farmer

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From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

Ff

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From this reading [3089] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Ff.

lives

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From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

ne'er

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From this reading [3089] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Ff.

ne're

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From this reading [3089] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Ff.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _never_ Qq.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

Qq

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From this reading _never_ Qq.

Q₁

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From this reading [3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

Q₂

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From this reading [3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

Q₃

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From this reading [3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.

Q₈

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From this reading [3088] _treason_] _reason_ Q₈.

reason

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From this reading [3088] _treason_] _reason_ Q₈.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

Steevens

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From this reading _all our lives shall be_] _shall be all_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).

treason

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From this reading [3088] _treason_] _reason_ Q₈.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading [3090] _we_] Q₁ Q₂ Q₃.