Chapter V
[Hides himself by the bed.] [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.] QUEEN. Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all. Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Chastelard, a Tragedy
Chapter V
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[Hides
himself
by
the
bed.]
[Enter
the
QUEEN
and
DARNLEY.]
QUEEN.
Nay,
now
go
back:
I
have
sent
off
my
folk,
Maries
and
all.
Pray
you,
let
be
my
hair;
I
cannot
twist
the
gold
thread
out
of
it
That
you
wound
in
so
close.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
[Hides
himself
by
the
bed.]
Line 2
[Enter
the
QUEEN
and
DARNLEY.]
Line 3
QUEEN.
Line 4
Nay,
now
go
back:
I
have
sent
off
my
folk,
Maries
and
all.
Line 5
Pray
you,
let
be
my
hair;
I
cannot
twist
the
gold
thread
out
of
it
That
you
wound
in
so
close.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.”
Himself
pronoun
US /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “[Hides himself by the bed.]”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.”
Nay
exclamation
US /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.”
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all
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
back
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
bed
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From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
cannot
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
close
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
DARNLEY
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From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
Enter
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From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
folk
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
go
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
gold
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
hair
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
Hides
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From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Maries
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
NayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
now
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
off
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
out
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Pray
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
QUEEN
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From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
sent
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From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
thread
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
twist
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
wound
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From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.