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All for Love

Chapter V

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OCTAVIA.
Be't so, then; take thy wish.
[Exit with her Train.]
CLEOPATRA.
And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

All for Love

Chapter V

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
OCTAVIA.
Line 2
Be't so, then; take thy wish.
Line 3
[Exit with her Train.]
Line 4
CLEOPATRA.
Line 5
And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

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 “And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Be't so, then; take thy wish.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Be't so, then; take thy wish.”

All words in this reading · 24

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alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

Be't

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From this reading Be't so, then; take thy wish.

CLEOPATRA

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From this reading CLEOPATRA.

Exit

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From this reading [Exit with her Train.]

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading [Exit with her Train.]

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

lived

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From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

lost

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From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

Now

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From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

OCTAVIA

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From this reading OCTAVIA.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Be't so, then; take thy wish.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Be't so, then; take thy wish.

then

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From this reading Be't so, then; take thy wish.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Be't so, then; take thy wish.

tis

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From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

Train

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From this reading [Exit with her Train.]

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And 'tis my wish, Now he is lost for whom alone I lived.

wish

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From this reading Be't so, then; take thy wish.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading [Exit with her Train.]