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Pelham — Volume 08
Pelham — Volume 08

Chapter I

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K. Henry.
Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.
Say.
Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.
--2nd Part of Henry IV.
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Pelham — Volume 08

Chapter I

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
K. Henry.
Line 2
Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.
Line 3
Say.
Line 4
Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.
Line 5
--2nd Part of Henry IV.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.”

Part noun US /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--2nd Part of Henry IV.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.”

All words in this reading · 24

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2nd

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From this reading --2nd Part of Henry IV.

Ay

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From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

Cade

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From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

head

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From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

Henry

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From this reading K. Henry.

Highness

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From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

hope

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From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

IV

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From this reading --2nd Part of Henry IV.

Jack

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From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

K

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From this reading K. Henry.

Lord

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From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading --2nd Part of Henry IV.

PartnounUS /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --2nd Part of Henry IV.

Say

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From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.

sworn

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From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Ay, but I hope your Highness shall have his.