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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra

Chapter VIII

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Cleo.
Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.
Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.
Enter Anthony and Camidias.
Eno.
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Antony and Cleopatra

Chapter VIII

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

Line 1
Cleo.
Line 2
Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.
Line 3
Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.
Line 4
Enter Anthony and Camidias.
Line 5
Eno.

Learner Dictionary

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

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.”

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

Anthony

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From this reading Enter Anthony and Camidias.

Appeare

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

beare

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

behinde

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From this reading Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.

Camidias

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From this reading Enter Anthony and Camidias.

Charge

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

Cleo

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From this reading Cleo.

Eno

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From this reading Eno.

Enter

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From this reading Enter Anthony and Camidias.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.

i'th

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.

Kingdome

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

man

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

president

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

Rome

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

rot

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

Sinke

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

speake

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

stay

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From this reading Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

there

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

tongues

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

vs

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

Warre

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From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Sinke Rome, and their tongues rot That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th' Warre, And as the president of my Kingdome will Appeare there for a man.