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King John
King John

Chapter VIII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/31 · 5 lines
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Iohn.
How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.
Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?
Iohn.
This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

King John

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Iohn.
Line 2
How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.
Line 3
Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?
Line 4
Iohn.
Line 5
This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.”

All words in this reading · 32

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Badly

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From this reading Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?

day

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

fares

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From this reading Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?

feare

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From this reading Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?

Feauer

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From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

goes

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

heart

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From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

heauie

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From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

How

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

Hub

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

Hubert

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?

Iohn

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From this reading Iohn.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

Lyes

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From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

Maiesty

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From this reading Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

oh

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

sicke

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From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

troubled

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From this reading This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke.

vs

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From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert Hub.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty?