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_Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes. O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke. _Dau._ O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves. Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for? _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
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annoying or confusing
From this reading “_Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “_Dau._ O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?”
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
annoying or confusing
From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
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From this reading _Dau._ O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading _Dau._ O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.
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From this reading _Dau._ O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.
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From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
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From this reading _Dau._ O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Orl._ Is this the king we sent to for his ransom?
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From this reading _Dau._ Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all![5193] Reproach and everlasting shame[5194] Sits mocking in our plumes.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
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From this reading O méchante fortune![5195] 5 Do not run away.[5195] [_A short alarum._ _Con._ Why, all our ranks are broke.
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From this reading Be these the wretches that we play'd at dice for?
