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Shakespeare's Play of the Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare's Play of the Merchant of Venice

Chapter V

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_Shy_.
Shall I not barely have my principal?
_Por_.
Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.
_Shy_.
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Shakespeare's Play of the Merchant of Venice

Chapter V

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Shy_.
Line 2
Shall I not barely have my principal?
Line 3
_Por_.
Line 4
Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.
Line 5
_Shy_.

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 “Shall I not barely have my principal?”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “Shall I not barely have my principal?”

Shalt modal verb US /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.”

All words in this reading · 23

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atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

barely

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From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

forfeiture

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From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

Jew

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From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

peril

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From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

Por

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From this reading _Por_.

principal

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From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading Shall I not barely have my principal?

shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

Shy

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From this reading _Shy_.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

taken

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From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.