Chapter III
PERICLES. O you gods! Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away? We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you. LYCHORIDA.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Chapter III
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PERICLES.
O
you
gods!
Why
do
you
make
us
love
your
goodly
gifts,
And
snatch
them
straight
away?
We
here
below
Recall
not
what
we
give,
and
therein
may
Vie
honour
with
you.
LYCHORIDA.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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PERICLES.
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O
you
gods!
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Why
do
you
make
us
love
your
goodly
gifts,
And
snatch
them
straight
away?
Line 4
We
here
below
Recall
not
what
we
give,
and
therein
may
Vie
honour
with
you.
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LYCHORIDA.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Below
preposition
US /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?”
May
modal verb
US /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.”
Snatch
noun
US /snatch/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?”
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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
away
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From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
gifts
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From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
give
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From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
gods
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From this reading O you gods!
goodly
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herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
honour
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From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
love
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From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
LYCHORIDA
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From this reading LYCHORIDA.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
O
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From this reading O you gods!
PERICLES
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From this reading PERICLES.
Recall
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From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
snatchnounUS /snatch/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
straight
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From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
therein
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From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
Vie
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From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
Why
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From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We here below Recall not what we give, and therein may Vie honour with you.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O you gods!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why do you make us love your goodly gifts, And snatch them straight away?