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SCENE IV. _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges? _Fran._ Are not these large enough? _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare. 5 _Lucio_ [_within_].
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “_A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “_Fran._ Are not these large enough?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “_Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
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From this reading 5 _Lucio_ [_within_].
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Fran._ Are not these large enough?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Fran._ Are not these large enough?
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
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From this reading _Fran._ Are not these large enough?
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
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From this reading SCENE IV.
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From this reading _Fran._ Are not these large enough?
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From this reading 5 _Lucio_ [_within_].
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
not any; not one
From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Fran._ Are not these large enough?
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading SCENE IV.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Fran._ Are not these large enough?
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading 5 _Lucio_ [_within_].
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From this reading _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges?
