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Pelham — Volume 07
Pelham — Volume 07

Chapter I

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Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.
--Tully.
Cas.
Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.
--Julius Caesar.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Pelham — Volume 07

Chapter I

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.
Line 2
--Tully.
Line 3
Cas.
Line 4
Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.
Line 5
--Julius Caesar.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.”

All words in this reading · 44

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ad

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

aut

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

Brutus

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

Caesar

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From this reading --Julius Caesar.

Cas

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From this reading Cas.

certe

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

ea

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

est

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

expetenda

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

eyes

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

gentleness

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

gravior

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

habenda

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

honestatem

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

Julius

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From this reading --Julius Caesar.

late

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

love

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

nati

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

now

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

observe

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

omni

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

omnia

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

pondere

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

quam

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

reliqua

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

shew

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

Si

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

sola

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

sumus

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From this reading Si ad honestatem nati sumus ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

Tully

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From this reading --Tully.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

wont

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From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness, And shew of love as I was wont to have.