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Paul Clifford — Complete
Paul Clifford — Complete

Chapter XXII

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Outlaw.
Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!
Val.
Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!
The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Paul Clifford — Complete

Chapter XXII

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Outlaw.
Line 2
Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!
Line 3
Val.
Line 4
Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!
Line 5
The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!”

Gentlemen noun US /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!”

All words in this reading · 21

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

forego

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From this reading Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!

GentlemennounUS /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Outlaw

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From this reading Outlaw.

rude

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From this reading Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!

Ruffians

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From this reading Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!

sir

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From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

Stand

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From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

throw

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From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

touch

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From this reading Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!

Two

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From this reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

uncivil

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From this reading Ruffians, forego that rude, uncivil touch!

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!

Val

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From this reading Val.

Verona

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From this reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you!