Chapter VI
_Troy_. Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me. _Cre_. Have the gods envy? _Pan_.
Troilus and Cressida
Chapter VI
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_Troy_.
Creſſid,
I
love
thee
in
so
strain’d
a
purity
That
the
bless’d
gods,
as
angry
with
my
fancy,
More
bright
in
zeal
than
the
devotion
which
Cold
lips
blow
to
their
deities,
take
thee
from
me.
_Cre_.
Have
the
gods
envy?
_Pan_.
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Line 1
_Troy_.
Line 2
Creſſid,
I
love
thee
in
so
strain’d
a
purity
That
the
bless’d
gods,
as
angry
with
my
fancy,
More
bright
in
zeal
than
the
devotion
which
Cold
lips
blow
to
their
deities,
take
thee
from
me.
Line 3
_Cre_.
Line 4
Have
the
gods
envy?
Line 5
_Pan_.
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 “Have the gods envy?”
Purity
noun
US /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading “Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.”
Thee
pronoun
US /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
angry
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
bless'd
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
blow
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
bright
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
Cold
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
Cre
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From this reading _Cre_.
Creſſid
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
deities
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
devotion
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
envy
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From this reading Have the gods envy?
fancy
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
gods
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have the gods envy?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
lips
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
love
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
More
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
Pan
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From this reading _Pan_.
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
strain'd
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
Troy
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From this reading _Troy_.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.
zeal
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From this reading Creſſid, I love thee in so strain’d a purity That the bless’d gods, as angry with my fancy, More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.