Chapter VII
_Achil_. Dost thou entreat me, Hector? To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends. _Hect_. Thy hand upon that match.
Troilus and Cressida
Chapter VII
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_Achil_.
Dost
thou
entreat
me,
Hector?
To-morrow
do
I
meet
thee,
fell
as
death;
To-night
all
friends.
_Hect_.
Thy
hand
upon
that
match.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
_Achil_.
Line 2
Dost
thou
entreat
me,
Hector?
Line 3
To-morrow
do
I
meet
thee,
fell
as
death;
To-night
all
friends.
Line 4
_Hect_.
Line 5
Thy
hand
upon
that
match.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Dost
auxiliary verb
US /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Dost thou entreat me, Hector?”
Entreat
verb, literary
US /ɪnˈtriːt/
to ask somebody earnestly to do something
From this reading “Dost thou entreat me, Hector?”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thy hand upon that match.”
Thee
pronoun
US /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Dost thou entreat me, Hector?”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thy hand upon that match.”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Thy hand upon that match.”
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Achil
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From this reading _Achil_.
all
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
death
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
Dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading Dost thou entreat me, Hector?
entreatverb, literaryUS /ɪnˈtriːt/
to ask somebody earnestly to do something
From this reading Dost thou entreat me, Hector?
fell
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
friends
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
hand
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From this reading Thy hand upon that match.
Hect
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From this reading _Hect_.
Hector
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From this reading Dost thou entreat me, Hector?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
match
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From this reading Thy hand upon that match.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dost thou entreat me, Hector?
meet
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thy hand upon that match.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Dost thou entreat me, Hector?
ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Thy hand upon that match.
To-morrow
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
To-night
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From this reading To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death; To-night all friends.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Thy hand upon that match.