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Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

Chapter VII

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Fa.
No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.
Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?
Mal.
Sir To.
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Twelfth Night

Chapter VII

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

Line 1
Fa.
Line 2
No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.
Line 3
Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?
Line 4
Mal.
Line 5
Sir To.

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 “Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?”

All words in this reading · 27

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

bawcock

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From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

chuck

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From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

Fa

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From this reading Fa.

Fiend

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

gentlenesse

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

gently

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

how

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From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

Mal

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From this reading Mal.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

now

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From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

rough

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

roughly

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

Sir

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From this reading Sir To.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

vs'd

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

way

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From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

Why

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From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd To.

y

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From this reading Why how now my bawcock? how dost y chuck?