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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why are ye mad?
Aron
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
brooke
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
brothers
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
cannot
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
Chi
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From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
choise
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
Competitors
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
deaths
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From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
Demet
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From this reading Demet.
deuise
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From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
doe
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From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
elder
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
furious
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
hope
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
How
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
impatient
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
Lauinia
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
Learne
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
Lords
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From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
loue
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
mad
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From this reading Why are ye mad?
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
meaner
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
plot
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From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
Rome
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From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
some
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
Why
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From this reading Why are ye mad?
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Why are ye mad?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
Youngling
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From this reading Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.