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223
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
225
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
228
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
230
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
232
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
235
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
240
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
241
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
affairs
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
argumentnounUS /ˈɑːrɡjəmənt/
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
bank
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
bca
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
beams
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
beauty
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
Beguiles
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
BelievenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
Car
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
checker'd
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
child
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
cold
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
colour
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
commons
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
condemn'd
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
crocodile
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
death
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
die
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
excellent
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
fear
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
flowering
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
foolish
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
FreeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
full
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
Gloucester
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
Gloucester's
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
haply
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
Henry
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
herein
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
hot
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
judge
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
king
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
labour
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
law
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
lord
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
lords
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
meet
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
melts
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
mistrust
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
more
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
mournful
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _York._ So that, by this, you would not have him die.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
own
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
passengers
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
pity
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
policy
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
Queen
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
quickly
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
relenting
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
rid
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
rise
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
roll'd
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
shining
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
show
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
shows
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
slough
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
snake
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
snares
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
snow
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _York._ So that, by this, you would not have him die.
sorrow
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
sting
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
Suf
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
sun's
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
thinks
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
Tis
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
Too
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From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
trivial
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From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
want
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From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Suf._ But, in my mind, that were no policy: The king will labour still to save his life, The commons haply rise, to save his life; ·bca240· And yet we have but trivial argument, [bca241] More than mistrust, that shows him worthy death.
wise
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
wit
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Queen._ Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams. [bca223] Henry my lord is cold in great affairs, Too full of foolish pity, and Gloucester’s show [bca225] Beguiles him as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers, Or as the snake roll’d in a flowering bank, [bca228] With shining checker’d slough, doth sting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent.
world
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From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading _Car._ That he should die is worthy policy; ·bca235· But yet we want a colour for his death: ’Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _York._ So that, by this, you would not have him die.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading ·bca230· Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I-- And yet herein I judge mine own wit good-- [bca232] This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, To rid us from the fear we have of him.
York
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From this reading _York._ So that, by this, you would not have him die.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _York._ So that, by this, you would not have him die.
