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The Headsman

Chapter XVI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/27 · 5 lines
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--Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?
Doth my simple features content You.
_As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.
Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.
On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Headsman

Chapter XVI

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
--Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?
Line 2
Doth my simple features content You.
Line 3
_As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.
Line 4
Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.
Line 5
On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?”

Doth auxiliary verb US /dɔːθ/

an old form of “does”

From this reading “Doth my simple features content You.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “_As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.”

Within preposition US /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading “_As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “--Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?”

All words in this reading · 71

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affair

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

apace

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

areas

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

Audrey

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

ceremonies

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

concerned

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

connected

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

Conrad

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

content

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From this reading Doth my simple features content You.

demigods

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

discontent

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

disturbance

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

dog

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

Dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/

an old form of “does”

From this reading Doth my simple features content You.

eating

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

exhibiting

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

features

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From this reading Doth my simple features content You.

fetch

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

goats

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

gods

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

guard-house

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

how

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

latter

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From this reading On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

Like

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

man

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

Maso

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

mummeries

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Doth my simple features content You.

now

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

others

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

Pippo

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

prison

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From this reading On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

related

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

several

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

simple

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From this reading Doth my simple features content You.

smaller

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

square

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

squares

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

stands

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From this reading On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

town-house

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From this reading On one of the latter stands the town-house and prison.

Up

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From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

various

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

Vévey

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From this reading Vévey has several squares, and the various ceremonies of the gods and demigods were now to be repeated in the smaller areas.

walls

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From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading _As You Like It._ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the affair of the dog, were eating their discontent within the walls of the guard-house.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Doth my simple features content You.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet?