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Chapter IX
'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content. No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become. But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.' 'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?' 'I didn't mean that.'
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'”
any person at all
From this reading “No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
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From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
any person at all
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
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From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
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From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
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From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
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From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?'
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From this reading 'I didn't mean that.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?'
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From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I didn't mean that.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
not any; not one
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading No, you shall be Lucretia, Acte, or anybody your little heart sees fit to become.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'I didn't mean that.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you mustn't, you really mustn't-' 'The wife of Caesar shall be above reproach.'
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?'
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From this reading 'Of course, but--' 'But I won't be your wife, will I, dear?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.
