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Chapter XIV
_Rom_: What is her mother? Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous. I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_? Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall. 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?”
in the direction of
From this reading “95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.”
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From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
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From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
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From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
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From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
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From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
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From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
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From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
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From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
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From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
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From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
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From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
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From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
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From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Rom_: What is her mother?
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From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
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From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Rom_: What is her mother?
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From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Rom_: What is her mother?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
an old word for “no”
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
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From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Rom_: What is her mother?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh deare account, My life is my foes thrall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
in the direction of
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 95 _Ca_: Nay gentlemen prepare not to be gone, We haue a trifling foolish banquet towards.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Rom_: What is her mother?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nurse: _Marrie Batcheler her mother is the Ladie of the_ 90 _house, and a good Lady, and a wise, and a vertuous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I nurst_ _her daughter that you talkt withall, I tell you, he that can_ _lay hold of her shall haue the chinkes._ _Rom_: Is she a _Mountague_?
