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Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost

Chapter IV

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Kin.
Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.
Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.
Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?
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Love's Labour's Lost

Chapter IV

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Kin.
Line 2
Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.
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Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.
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Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?
Line 5
Kin.

Learner Dictionary

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

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?”

All words in this reading · 45

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Aduance

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

aduis'd

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Ber

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From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

conflict

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Cupid

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From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

dealing

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

downe

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

field

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From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

France

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

get

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

girles

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

glozes

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Kin

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From this reading Kin.

Lay

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

LongnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Lords

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

mell

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Now

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Pell

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

plaine

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

resolue

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

Saint

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From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

Souldiers

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From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

standards

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

Sunne

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

then

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From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field Ber.

vpon

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From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

woe

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From this reading Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Aduance your standards, & vpon them Lords, Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, In conflict that you get the Sunne of them Long.