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absence
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
any
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
argumentnounUS /ˈɑːrɡjəmənt/
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
backe
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
carried
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
chronicled
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
counterfeit
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
death
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
doe
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
excuse
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
faire
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
fault
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
gentle
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
grace
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
haue
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
heare
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
Hel
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From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
Helena
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her.
hold
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
iest
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
lookes
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
loue
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
Lys
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
MakenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
manners
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
meane
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From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
mouthes
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
other
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
owne
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
partly
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
perseuer
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
pittie
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
remedie
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
sad
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
soone
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
soule
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
sport
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
Stay
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From this reading Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, My loue, my life, my soule, faire Helena Hel.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
sweete
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
tis
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From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
turne
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
vnderstand
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From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
vp
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
vpon
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
well
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
Winke
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From this reading I, doe, perseuer, counterfeit sad lookes, Make mouthes vpon me when I turne my backe, Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: This sport well carried, shall be chronicled.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading If you haue any pittie, grace, or manners, You would not make me such an argument: But fare ye well, 'tis partly mine owne fault, Which death or absence soone shall remedie Lys.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I vnderstand not what you meane by this Hel.
