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The False One: A Tragedy
The False One: A Tragedy

Chapter III

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_Eros_.
The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.
_Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.
_Eros_.
They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.
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The False One: A Tragedy

Chapter III

Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Eros_.
Line 2
The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.
Line 3
_Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.
Line 4
_Eros_.
Line 5
They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

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 “They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.”

All words in this reading · 42

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

Ars

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

bear

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

broke

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From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

Brother

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

Cabinet

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From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

Command

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From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

company

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

Cæsars

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From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

Eros

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From this reading _Eros_.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

forc'd

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

guilty

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

jeer

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From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

Kings

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From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

laugh

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From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

mark'd

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

out

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

protection

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

ransack'd

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From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

revenge

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

Roman

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

seiz'd

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

threats

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From this reading The Kings Command they laugh at, And jeer at _Cæsars_ threats.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.

Trunks

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From this reading They have broke Into my Cabinet; my Trunks are ransack'd.

tumult

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From this reading _Ars._ My Brother seiz'd on By the _Roman_, as thought guilty of the tumult, And forc'd to bear him company, as mark'd out For his protection or revenge.