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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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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.