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Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus

Chapter III

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Demet.
Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
Why are ye mad?
Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.
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Titus Andronicus

Chapter III

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Demet.
Line 2
Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.
Line 3
Why are ye mad?
Line 4
Or know ye not in Rome, How furious and impatient they be, And cannot brooke Competitors in loue?
Line 5
I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, By this deuise Chi.

Learner Dictionary

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

Know noun US /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?”

Make noun US /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.”

Tell noun US /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.”

Thine pronoun US /ðaɪn/

an old word for “yours”

From this reading “Youngling, Learne thou to make some meaner choise, Lauinia is thine elder brothers hope Aron.”

Thou pronoun US /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.”

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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.