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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 7
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 7

Chapter XXXIII

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HECATE.
Three Witches.
Apparitions.
Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.
SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 7

Chapter XXXIII

Reading 1/99 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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HECATE.
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Three Witches.
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Apparitions.
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Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.
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SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Learner Dictionary

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

Gentlemen noun US /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.”

Murderers noun US /ˈmurderers/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.”

All words in this reading · 19

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

Apparitions

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From this reading Apparitions.

Attendants

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From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

England

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From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

GentlemennounUS /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

HECATE

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From this reading HECATE.

Lords

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From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

MACBETH

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From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Messengers

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From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

MurderersnounUS /ˈmurderers/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Officers

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From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

SCENE

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From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Scotland

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From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Soldiers

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From this reading Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Three

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From this reading Three Witches.

TRAGEDY

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From this reading SCENE: _Scotland: England._ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

Witches

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From this reading Three Witches.