Chapter VI
[The man seizes her arm.] Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on. Farewell, my Ladies. Follow not! There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
The Saint's Tragedy
Chapter VI
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[The
man
seizes
her
arm.]
Keep
thine
hands
off--
I'll
not
be
shamed--Lead
on.
Farewell,
my
Ladies.
Follow
not!
There's
want
to
spare
on
earth
already;
And
mine
own
woe
is
weight
enough
for
me.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
[The
man
seizes
her
arm.]
Line 2
Keep
thine
hands
off--
I'll
not
be
shamed--Lead
on.
Line 3
Farewell,
my
Ladies.
Line 4
Follow
not!
Line 5
There's
want
to
spare
on
earth
already;
And
mine
own
woe
is
weight
enough
for
me.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Already
noun
US /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.”
Mine
pronoun
US /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.”
Thine
pronoun
US /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.”
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alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
arm
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From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
earth
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
enough
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
Farewell
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From this reading Farewell, my Ladies.
Follow
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From this reading Follow not!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
I'll
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From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
Keep
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From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
Ladies
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From this reading Farewell, my Ladies.
Lead
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From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
man
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From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Farewell, my Ladies.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
off
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From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
own
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
seizes
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From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
shamed
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From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
spare
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
There's
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
want
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
weight
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
woe
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From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.