Macbeth Words part 1 Flashcards
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hurly-burly
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fighting, confusion
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ere
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before
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heath
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wilderness
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I come
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the Witches address their familiar spirits (‘demons’): demons who helped with their evil work and usually took the form of animals.
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Graymalkin
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grey cat
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Paddock
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toad
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Alarum
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trumpet call to battle or to warn of danger
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within
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off stage
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plight
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unfortunate condition
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newest state
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latest situation
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sergeant
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soldier who, at the time, could be the equivalent of a captain
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hardy
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brave
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fought … capture
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rescued me from capture
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broil
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battle
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choke their art
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when two swimmers try to cling to each other, they stop each other from swimming and both drown
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for to that
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to that end
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kerns
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lightly armed soldiers who often used a sword or bow and arrows
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galloglasses
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heavily armed soldiers often carrying a heavy battle axe
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Fortune
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fickle luck
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Valour’s minion
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bravery’s favourite
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carved out his passage
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sliced his way
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unseamed him
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ripped him open
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nave to th’chaps
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navel to the jaws
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‘gins his reflection
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begins to fade
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direful
dreadful, terrible
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Mark
pay attention
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skipping
leaping in fright
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trust their heels
run away
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surveying vantage
seeing an opportunity
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furbished
polished, cleaned
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say sooth
speak the truth
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cracks
cannon shots
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doubly redoubled
eightfold blows
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reeking
streaming with blood
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memorise another Golgotha
re-enact a slaughter like Christ's crucifixion
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smack
taste, savour
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Thane
head of a clan in Scotland
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looks
is visible
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flout
mock, jeer
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Bellona
Roman goddess of war
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bridegroom
Macbeth, who had become married to the cause of war
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lapped in proof
clad in armour
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self-comparisons
similar actions
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Point against point
sword to sword
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Curbing
restraining, constraining
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lavish
unrestrained or impetuous
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composition
a peace treaty
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deign
permit
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Saint Colm's Inch
Isle of Incholm
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dollars
English word for the German thaler, a large silver coin
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bosom interest
heartfelt concerns
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present
immediate
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former title
Thane of Cawdor
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quoth
said
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Aroint thee
clear off
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rump-fed
well-fed, selfish, indulgent
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runnion
general term of abuse, especially for a woman
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Aleppo
Trading city in northern Syria which was part of the Turkish Empire
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Tiger
in 1606, an English ship called the Tiger finally arrived home after a disastrous voyage lasting 567 days
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sieve
sailing in sieves was thought to be a common practice among witches
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wind
witches were imagined to control the wind
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very ports they blow
winds prevent ships from entering every port
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quarters
geographical directions
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card
compass
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penthouse lid
eyelid
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forbid
cursed
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sennights
weeks
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nine times nine
81 weeks
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peak and pine
waste away
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bark
small ship
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pilot
guide who steers ships to harbour
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weird sisters
in Anglo-Saxon mythology 'Wyrd' (Fate) was a goddess who controlled destiny
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Posters
speedy travellers
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Thrice to thine ... to mine
three times in your direction and in mine
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nine
an action is repeated three times for each Witch
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charm
spell
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woundup
placed in readiness
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foul and fair
the weather is bad, but the outcome of the battle is good
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aught
anything
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choppy
chapped and cracked by the weather
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start
flinch or make a nervous gesture
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fantastical
imaginary
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present grace
immediate favour
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noble having
new titles of nobility
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rapt
spellbound, entranced
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seeds of time
future
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get
be father of
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Finel
Macbeth's father
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Stands no ... belief
in unbelievable
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intelligence
news, information
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charge
command, order
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corporal
physical
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on
of
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the insane root
hemlock, henbane of deadly nightshade
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selfsame tune
identical meaning
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reads
understands
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stout
brave, valiant
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Nothing afeard
not afraid
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post with post
many messages
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earnest
promise, pledge
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addition
new title
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Who
he who
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heavy judgement
death sentence
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line
reinforce
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vantage
additional amount of soldiers, weapons, money
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wrack
ruin or overthrow
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capital
mortal or meriting death
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The greatest
the larger part of the prphecy
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behind
in the past
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home
fully or to the end
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enkindle
inflame with desire
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instruments of darkness
devils (the Witches)
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Win us ... consequence
tell us the truth about small matters that have grave consequences
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Cousins
kinsmen
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soliciting
promising of pleasure
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unfix my hair
make my hair stand on end
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seated
fixed in position
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use
ordinary course of state
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Present fears ... imaginings
real dangers are less frightening than those I can imagine
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function
activity or movement
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surmise
imaginings
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strange
unfamiliar
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cleave
cling
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Time ... roughest day
what will be, will be
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favour
intelligence
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wrought
disturbed, afitated
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registered ... leaf
Macbeth uses the image of a notebook that will help him remember what he owes Ross Angus
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chanced
happened
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The interim having weighed it
after time for thought
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free
plain-speaking
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Flourish
fanfare of trumpets
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in commission
responsible
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repentance
regret
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Became
dignified
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studied
rehearsed (an image from the theatre)
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owed
possessed
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before
beyond my power to pay you
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recompense
suitable reward
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That the ... mine
that I could honour you appropriately
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More is thy due ... pay
you deserve more than anyone can pay
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hither
here
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enfold
embrace
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Wanton ... drops of sorrow
unrestrained tears
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We will establish ... upon
I declare as Scotland's next king
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invest
endow
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Inverness
the location of Macbeth's castle
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harbinger
messenger (an officer who prepared for a king's visit
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The eye wink at the hand
to be unaware of the fatal blow
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full so
supremely
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commendations
praises or recommendations
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peerless
beyond comparison
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in the day of success
on the day of victory in battle
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perfectest report
most reliable source of information
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missives
messengers
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the coming on of time
the future
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What thou art promised
king
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catch the nearest way
act without pity
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illness
evil
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holily
fairly, without evil
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Hie
hurry
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chastise
punish and remove
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golden round
crown
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metaphysical
supernatural
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withal
as well
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tidings
news
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had the speed of
overtook
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tending
attention, accommodation
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unsex me
remove from me all feminine feelings
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compunctious
compassionate
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visitings of nature
natural feelings of tendencies
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fell
deadly
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gall
bitter poison
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pall
wrap (as in a funeral pall or cloak)
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dunnest
darkest
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keen
sharp (also eager)
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all-hail hereafter
future kingship
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in the instant
now
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beguile
decieve
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solely sovereign sway
have the command of a king
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look up clear
appear innocent
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To alter ... fear
a guilty face reveals itself
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Hautboys
musical instruments similar to oboes
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tockes
suggests that the scene takes place at night
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seat
position, location
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martlet
martin (a bird) or someone who was easily fooled
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approve
prove
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mansionry
the state of a dwelling
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jutty
part of a building that projects outwards
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frieze
a decorative band
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coign of vantage
convenient place
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pendent
hanging
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procreant cradle
a nest
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The love ... thank as love
the love offered is sometimes a burden but is still received gratefully
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God yield us
God reward me
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single
weak
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contend
balance, eigh
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loads
fills
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those of old
past honours
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late dignities
recent honours
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We rest your hermits
we will pray for you constantly
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coursed
chased, hunted
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purveyor
officer riding ahead to prepare food
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holp
helped
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in count
in trust
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make their audit
show their accounts
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Still
always
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By your leave
with your permission
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trammel up the consequence
be without consequences
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his surcease
Duncan's death
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the be-all and the end-all
the final act
211
jump the life to come
risk heaven's punishment
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inventor
originator of the action
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chalice
cup, goblet
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faculties
powers as king
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clear
innocent
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his taking-off
Duncan's murder
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cherubin
angelic children
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sightless couriers
the wind
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no spur ... th'other
I have no motivation to kill Duncan other than my own ambition
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I have bought ... so soon
I want to enjoy my improved reputation, not throw it away so quickly
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green and pale
sickly
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afeard
afraid
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valour
worth or importance due to personal qualities or rank
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the ornament of life
life's highest achievement
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the poor cat i'th'adage
the adage referred to is a proverb about a cat who wanted to fish bu was afraid of water
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break this enterprise
suggest killing Duncan
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Did then adhere
were at that time convenient
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They have made themselves
now the time and place present themselves
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fitness
timeliness
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given suck
breastfed
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had I so sworn
if I had promised
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But
only
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screw ... sticking-place
fix your courage firmly in place so it can't move
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chamberlains
attendants, bodyguards
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wassail
drinking
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convince
overpower
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warder
guard or keeper
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fume
it was believed that the fumes from alcohol caused drunkenness
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receipt
receptacle
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limbeck
a device used in distilling alcohol
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swinish sleep
sleeping like pigs
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drenched
drunken
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put upon
impose
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spongy
drink-sodden
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quell
slaughter, murder
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mettle
spirit
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received
interpreted
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clamour
loud shouting or outcry
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settled
unchanging
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bend up
get ready
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Each corporal agent
every part of me
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mock the time
deceive the world
