Chapter V
TELL. Why thus distress yourself without a cause? HEDW. Because there is no cause. Tell, Tell! stay here!
Wilhelm Tell
Chapter V
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TELL.
Why
thus
distress
yourself
without
a
cause?
HEDW.
Because
there
is
no
cause.
Tell,
Tell!
stay
here!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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TELL.
/tell/
Line 2
Why
thus
distress
yourself
without
a
cause?
Line 3
HEDW.
Line 4
Because
there
is
no
cause.
Line 5
Tell,
Tell!
stay
here!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Because
conjunction
US /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading “Because there is no cause.”
Distress
noun
US /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading “Why thus distress yourself without a cause?”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell, Tell! stay here!”
TELL
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TELL.”
Without
preposition
US /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Why thus distress yourself without a cause?”
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Why thus distress yourself without a cause?”
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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 Why thus distress yourself without a cause?
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because there is no cause.
cause
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From this reading Why thus distress yourself without a cause?
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading Why thus distress yourself without a cause?
HEDW
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From this reading HEDW.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell, Tell! stay here!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Because there is no cause.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Because there is no cause.
stay
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From this reading Tell, Tell! stay here!
TELLnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TELL.
there
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From this reading Because there is no cause.
thus
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Why
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From this reading Why thus distress yourself without a cause?
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Why thus distress yourself without a cause?
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Why thus distress yourself without a cause?