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Paul Clifford — Volume 03
Paul Clifford — Volume 03

Chapter II

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Context Illustration Reading 1/43 · 5 lines
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What is here?-- Gold?
Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.
Timon of Athens.
Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.
Henry the Fourth.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Paul Clifford — Volume 03

Chapter II

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
What is here?-- Gold?
Line 2
Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.
Line 3
Timon of Athens.
Line 4
Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.
Line 5
Henry the Fourth.

Learner Dictionary

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

Fair noun US /fair/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.”

Fourth noun US /fourth/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Henry the Fourth.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What is here?-- Gold?”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.”

All words in this reading · 30

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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 Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

Athens

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From this reading Timon of Athens.

black

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From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

bridegroom

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

Came

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

certain

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

drest

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

fairnounUS /fair/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

foul

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From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

FourthnounUS /fourth/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Henry the Fourth.

Fresh

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

Gold

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From this reading What is here?-- Gold?

Henry

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From this reading Henry the Fourth.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading What is here?-- Gold?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading What is here?-- Gold?

lord

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

much

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From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

neat

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Henry the Fourth.

there

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

Thus

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From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

Timon

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From this reading Timon of Athens.

trimly

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From this reading Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly drest, Fresh as a bridegroom.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What is here?-- Gold?

white

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From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair.