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Titus Andronicus

Chapter VII

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Tit.
Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.
Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.
Giue me pen and inke.
Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?
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Titus Andronicus

Chapter VII

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Tit.
Line 2
Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.
Line 3
Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.
Line 4
Giue me pen and inke.
Line 5
Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.”

Hither adverb US /ˈhɪðər/

an old word meaning “to this place”

From this reading “Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.”

Shalt modal verb US /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

adoe

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Giue me pen and inke.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

charges

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From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

deliuer

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From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

Emperour

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

giue

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

Grace

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From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

haue

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

her's

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From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/

an old word meaning “to this place”

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

Hold

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From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

inke

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From this reading Giue me pen and inke.

Iustice

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

meane

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From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

money

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From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

more

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

pen

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From this reading Giue me pen and inke.

Pigeons

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

Sirrah

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From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

Supplication

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From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

Tit

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From this reading Tit.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Hold, hold, meane while her's money for thy charges.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sirrah, can you with a Grace deliuer a Supplication?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sirrah come hither, make no more adoe, But giue your Pigeons to the Emperour, By me thou shalt haue Iustice at his hands.