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Chapter XV
_Enter_ Hamlet, Horatio, _and_ Marcellus. _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st? _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue. _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke. _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
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an old form of “does”
From this reading “_Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Enter_ Hamlet, Horatio, _and_ Marcellus.
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
an old form of “does”
From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Enter_ Hamlet, Horatio, _and_ Marcellus.
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Enter_ Hamlet, Horatio, _and_ Marcellus.
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From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
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From this reading _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.
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From this reading _Enter_ Hamlet, Horatio, _and_ Marcellus.
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.
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From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
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From this reading _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke.
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From this reading _Enter_ Hamlet, Horatio, _and_ Marcellus.
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From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
not any; not one
From this reading _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke.
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From this reading _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke.
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From this reading _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Hor._ Indeed I heard it not, what doth this mean my lord?
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From this reading _Sound Trumpets._ _Mar._ No, t'is strucke.
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From this reading _Hor._ I think it lacks of twelue.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
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From this reading _Ham._ The ayre bites shrewd; it is an eager and An nipping winde, what houre i'st?
