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Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

Chapter III

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Ol.
Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
Speake your office Vio.
It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
Yet you began rudely.
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Archivist
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Twelfth Night

Chapter III

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Ol.
Line 2
Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
Line 3
Speake your office Vio.
Line 4
It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
Line 5
Yet you began rudely.

Learner Dictionary

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

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.”

Began noun US /began/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Yet you began rudely.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.”

Sure noun US /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Yet you began rudely.”

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alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

begannounUS /began/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yet you began rudely.

bring

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

concernes

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

curtesie

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

deliuer

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

eare

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

fearefull

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

full

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

hand

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

haue

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

hiddeous

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

hold

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

homage

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

matter

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

office

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From this reading Speake your office Vio.

Ol

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From this reading Ol.

Olyffe

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

ouerture

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

peace

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

rudely

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From this reading Yet you began rudely.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

some

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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

Speake

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From this reading Speake your office Vio.

SurenounUS /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

taxation

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

Vio

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From this reading Speake your office Vio.

warre

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

words

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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet you began rudely.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Speake your office Vio.