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Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01

Chapter XI

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"Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"
/Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.
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IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.
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Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01

Chapter XI

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

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"Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"
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/Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.
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IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

Learner Dictionary

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

Blood noun US /blood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"”

Part noun US /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “/Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.”

Second noun US /second/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “/Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “"Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"”

Stopped noun US /stopped/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

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

From this reading “"Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “"Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"”

All words in this reading · 46

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4

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From this reading 4.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

Act

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From this reading /Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

bloodnounUS /blood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

bore

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

chaise

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

dear

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

due

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

father

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

filial

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

gates

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

heavy

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

Henry

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From this reading /Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.

Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

ITpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

IV

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From this reading /Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.

late

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

lodge

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

love

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

Maltravers

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

nature

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

night

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

O

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

park

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From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

PartnounUS /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading /Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.

pay

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

plenteously

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

Sc

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From this reading Sc.

Second

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From this reading /Second Part of Henry IV./, Act iv.

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

sorrows

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

stoppednounUS /stopped/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

tears

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

tenderness

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From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

theepronounUS /ðiː/

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

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading IT was late at night when the chaise that bore Maltravers stopped at the gates of a park lodge.

WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "Thy due from me Is tears: and heavy sorrows of the blood, Which nature, love, and filial tenderness Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously!"