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Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens

Chapter II

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Fla.
I scarse know how.
Enter another Seruant.
Ser.
May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.
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Timon of Athens

Chapter II

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Fla.
Line 2
I scarse know how.
Line 3
Enter another Seruant.
Line 4
Ser.
Line 5
May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “Enter another Seruant.”

Free adjective US /friː/

acting without enough restraint or discipline

From this reading “May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I scarse know how.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.”

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anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading Enter another Seruant.

Enter

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From this reading Enter another Seruant.

Fla

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From this reading Fla.

Foure

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

freeadjectiveUS /friː/

acting without enough restraint or discipline

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Honor

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Horses

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

how

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From this reading I scarse know how.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I scarse know how.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I scarse know how.

Lord

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

loue

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Lucius

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Milke-white

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Out

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

please

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

presented

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

scarse

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From this reading I scarse know how.

Ser

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From this reading Ser.

Seruant

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From this reading Enter another Seruant.

Siluer

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

Tim

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

trapt

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From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading May it please your Honor, Lord Lucius (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer Tim.