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Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida

Chapter VIII

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Enter Æneas _Æne_.
I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.
Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.
_Troy_.
Have with you, Prince.
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Troilus and Cressida

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Enter Æneas _Æne_.
Line 2
I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.
Line 3
Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.
Line 4
_Troy_.
Line 5
Have with you, Prince.

Learner Dictionary

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

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.”

All words in this reading · 28

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Aiax

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

arming

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

conduct

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

Enter

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From this reading Enter Æneas _Æne_.

guard

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

Hector

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

home

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

hour

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From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

lord

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From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

Prince

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From this reading Have with you, Prince.

seeking

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From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

stays

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

Troy

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From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Have with you, Prince.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I have been seeking you this hour, my lord.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Aiax, your guard, stays to conduct you home.

Æne

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From this reading Enter Æneas _Æne_.

Æneas

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From this reading Enter Æneas _Æne_.