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All for Love

Chapter VII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/68 · 5 lines
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Enter ANTONY and VENTIDIUS ANTONY.
O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.
I'm betrayed.
VENTIDIUS.
Curse on this treacherous train!
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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 VII

Reading 1/68 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Enter ANTONY and VENTIDIUS ANTONY.
Line 2
O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.
Line 3
I'm betrayed.
Line 4
VENTIDIUS.
Line 5
Curse on this treacherous train!

Learner Dictionary

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

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.”

Hast auxiliary verb US /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading “O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.”

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 Enter ANTONY and VENTIDIUS ANTONY.

ANTONY

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From this reading Enter ANTONY and VENTIDIUS ANTONY.

betrayed

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From this reading I'm betrayed.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

Caesar

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

conquered

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

Curse

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From this reading Curse on this treacherous train!

Egypt

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

Enter

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From this reading Enter ANTONY and VENTIDIUS ANTONY.

happy

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

I'm

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From this reading I'm betrayed.

lead

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

men

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

O

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Curse on this treacherous train!

Rome

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

ThinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Curse on this treacherous train!

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

tis

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From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading O happy Caesar! thou hast men to lead: Think not 'tis thou hast conquered Antony; But Rome has conquered Egypt.

train

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From this reading Curse on this treacherous train!

treacherous

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From this reading Curse on this treacherous train!

VENTIDIUS

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From this reading Enter ANTONY and VENTIDIUS ANTONY.