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King Henry IV, Part 1
King Henry IV, Part 1

Chapter IX

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Prin.
Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.
This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.
Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.
The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.
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King Henry IV, Part 1

Chapter IX

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Prin.
Line 2
Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.
Line 3
This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.
Line 4
Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.
Line 5
The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

Learner Dictionary

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

Either determiner US /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading “The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.”

Ere conjunction US /er/

an old word for “before”

From this reading “This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.”

Order noun US /order/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.”

Shalt modal verb US /ʃælt/

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

From this reading “Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.”

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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 Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

afternoone

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

beare

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

Brother

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

burning

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

Charge

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

clocke

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

dinner

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

ereconjunctionUS /er/

an old word for “before”

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

Fal

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

Furniture

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

Go

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

Hall

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

Haue

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

horse

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

hye

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

Iacke

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

Iohn

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

Lancaster

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

Land

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

Letter

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

Lord

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From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

lower

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

lye

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

meet

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

miles

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

Money

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

OrdernounUS /order/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

Percie

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

Peto

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

Prin

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From this reading Prin.

receiue

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

ride

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/

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

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

stands

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From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

Temple

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

There

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

thirtie

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Go beare this Letter to Lord Iohn of Lancaster To my Brother Iohn.

tomorrow

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

two

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From this reading Iacke, meet me tomorrow in the Temple Hall At two a clocke in the afternoone, There shalt thou know thy Charge, and there receiue Money and Order for their Furniture.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The Land is burning, Percie stands on hye, And either they, or we must lower lye Fal.

Westmerland

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From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading This to my Lord of Westmerland, Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time.