Chapter III
Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please. These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to. 2. All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols. 3.
The Spanish Curate: A Comedy
Chapter III
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Let
'em
be
brought
to
Bed,
then
dye
when
they
please.
These
things
considered,
Country-men,
and
sworn
to.
2.
All
these,
and
all
our
Sports
again,
and
Gambols.
3.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Let
'em
be
brought
to
Bed,
then
dye
when
they
please.
Line 2
These
things
considered,
Country-men,
and
sworn
to.
Line 3
2.
Line 4
All
these,
and
all
our
Sports
again,
and
Gambols.
Line 5
3.
Learner Dictionary
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Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.”
Brought
noun
US /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.”
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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All
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
Bed
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From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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considered
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Country-men
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dye
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em
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Gambols
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Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading All these, and all our Sports again, and Gambols.
please
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Sports
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sworn
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From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
then
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From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
things
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From this reading These things considered, Country-men, and sworn to.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Let 'em be brought to Bed, then dye when they please.