Vocabulary and grammar list

“Shakespeare in Love”

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR LIST

	LANGUAGE UNITS	NOTES
1.	Why do you howl when it is I who am bitten?	to make a long loud cry because you are unhappy, angry, or in pain, or because you are amused or excited: Upstairs, one of the twins began to howl (=cry). Somewhere, someone was howling in pain. He makes audiences howl with laughter.
2.	Twelve pounds, one shilling and fourpence.., including interest.	shilling an old British coin or unit of money. There were 20 shillings in one pound. interest the extra money that you must pay back when you borrow money How much are the monthly interest payments?
3.	The play is a crowd-tickler.	something that makes people laugh
4.	We open in two weeks. That’s 500 groundlings at tuppence a head.	an unsophisticated or uncritical spectator or reader (originally a member of the part of a theatre audience that stood in the pit below the stage). Dante is not for groundlings.
5.	I think you might have hit upon something.	to have an idea or discover something suddenly or unexpectedly [= come up with]: Then we hit on the idea of asking viewers to donate money over the Net.
6.	I am a dead man, and buggered to boot.	British English spoken not polite 1 extremely tired 2 completely ruined or broken: The washing machine's buggered.
7.	I, your patron, you, my word wright.	The word wright is from an Old English word meaning worker or maker. A wheelwright makes wheels. A shipwright makes ships or boats. The word is more common now in a literary sense. One who writes plays is a playwright. A related word is wrought.
8.	Theatres are handmaidens of the devil!	old-fashioned a female servant
9.	The players breed lewd ness in your wives and wickedness in your children!	using rude words or movements that make you think of sex: lewd comments
10.	Love that binds two hearts together,come hellfire and brimstone.	Fire and brimstone is an idiomatic expression of signs of God's wrath in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament. In the Bible, they often appear in reference to the fate of the unfaithful. "Brimstone," the archaic name for sulfur, evokes the odor of volcanic activity. The term is also used, sometimes pejoratively, to describe a style of Christian preaching that uses vivid descriptions of judgment and eternal damnation to encourage repentance.
11.	It’s as if my quill is broken.
12.	It’s like trying to pick a lock with a wet herring.	Discuss.
13.	Are you lately humbled in the act of love?	if you are humbled, you realize that you are not as important, good, kind etc as you thought you were: You can't help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.
14.	How long? - A goodly length in times past…	a goodly number/sum/amount etc old-fashioned a large amount: £1500 is still a goodly sum.
15.	Banishment was a blessing.	banish 1 to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place I was banished to a distant corridor. 2 to send someone away permanently from their country or the area where they live, especially as an official punishment [= exile] Thousands were banished to Siberia. 3 literary to try to stop thinking about something or someone They tried to banish the memory from their minds.
16.	Here’s a bangle found in Psyche’s temple on Olympus.	a solid band of gold, silver etc that you wear loosely around your wrist as jewellery [= bracelet]
17.	Break a leg!	theatrical slang Good luck! There are several theories about the actual origin of this expression. The one that is often mentioned, is called the Opposite Meaning theory. It says, People in theatre consider it bad luck to wish an actor good luck, so instead they wish the opposite, by saying "Break a leg!". Another theory claims that the phrase has Greek origins: In the time of Ancient Greece, people didn't applaud. Instead, they stomped for their appreciation and if they stomped long enough, they would break a leg. Or, some would have it that the term originated during Elizabethan times when, instead of applause the audience would bang their chairs on the ground—and if they liked it enough, the leg of the chair would break.
18.	Where were my seamstress ’s eyes?	old-fashioned a woman whose job is sewing and making clothes
19.	Here’s two sovereigns.	a British gold coin used in the past that was worth £1
20.	I will see you hanged for a pickpocket.	stealing things from people's pockets, especially in a crowd
21.	The Master of the Revels favours us.	old use to spend time dancing, eating, drinking etc, especially at a party The Master of the Revels was the holder of a position within the English, and later the British, royal household, heading the "Revels Office" or "Office of the Revels". Originally he was responsible for overseeing royal festivities, known as revels, and he later also became responsible for stage censorship.
22.	The consumptives plot against me.	old-fashioned someone with tuberculosis
23.	I commend you!	to praise or approve of someone or something publicly Inspector Marshall was commended for his professional attitude.
24.	The law of the land has our heroines being played by pipsqueak boys in petticoats.	pipsqueak old-fashioned someone that you think is not worth respecting or paying attention to, especially because they are small or young petticoat British English a piece of women's underwear like a thin skirt or dress that is worn under a skirt or dress [= slip]
25.	Unbiddable, ungovernable, like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture.	biddable willing to do what you are told without arguing rapture literary great excitement and happiness: The boys gazed up at him in rapture.
26.	nurse	old-fashioned a woman employed to look after a young child [= nanny]
27.	He was always hanging around the house.	to wait or spend time somewhere, doing nothing: I hung around the station for an hour but he never came.
28.	The special today is a pig’s foot marinated in juniper berry vinegar – served on a buckwheat pancake.	juniper an evergreen shrub or small tree which bears berry-like cones, widely distributed throughout Eurasia and North America. buckwheat a type of small grain used as food for chickens, and for making flour
29.	Get me to drink madragora. – Straight up, Will?	madragora a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form. Accidental poisoning is likely to occur. straight up served without ice: whiskey straight up.
30.	Give my friend a beaker of your best brandy.	British English a drinking cup with straight sides and no handle
31.	I have a play, and the chinks to show for it.	British English a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other [= clink]: the chink of coins Here: money
32.	My tailor. Wants to be an actor.	Perhaps you know?
33.	I would to do a speech by a writer who commands the heart of every player.	to get something such as respect or attention because you do something well or are important or popular Philip was a remarkable teacher, able to command instant respect.
34.	Lord Wessex too, bargaining for a bride.	Perhaps you know?
35.	Families reconciled …	to have a good relationship again with someone after you have quarrelled with them: Jonah and his youngest son were, on the surface at least, reconciled.
36.	You will buy me a boy’s wig.	Perhaps you know?
37.	She’s a beauty…as would take a king to church for the dowry of a nutmeg.	dowry property and money that a woman gives to her husband when they marry in some societies nutmeg the hard, aromatic seed of an evergreen tree, used as a spice when grated or ground.
38.	There are rubies in the saddlebag.	a red jewel
39.	I was a poet till now, but I’ve seen beauty that puts my poems at one with the talking ravens in the Tower.	Perhaps you know?
40.	How do I offend my lord? – By coveting my property.	formal to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has: The Michelin Awards are coveted by restaurants all over the world.
41.	I cannot shed blood in her house, but I will cut your throat anon.	literary soon: See you anon.
42.	A lowly player. – Alas, indeed.	low in rank, importance, or social class - sometimes used humorously[= humble]: He was a lowly assistant gardener.
43.	It starts well, then it’s all long-faced about some Rosaline.	filled with or reflecting gloom.
44.	The men we have will be overparted ranters and stutters who should be sent back to the stews.	rant to talk or complain in a loud excited and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something She was still ranting about the unfairness of it all. to stutter to speak with difficulty because you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first consonant of some words [↪ stammer]: 'I'm D-d-david,' he stuttered.
45.	Listen to me, you dregs.	the dregs of society/humanity not polite an offensive expression used to describe the people that you consider are the least important or useful in society
46.	The daughter mutilated with knives.	to severely and violently damage someone's body, especially by cutting or removing part of it: The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated. extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves
47.	Lady Viola is pious, my lord.	having strong religious beliefs, and showing this in the way you behave[↪ piety]: He was a quiet, pious man.
48.	Your children will bear arms, and I will recover my fortune.	to carry weapons The court stated that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
49.	Will you defy your father and your queen?	to refuse to obey a law or rule, or refuse to do what someone in authority tells you to do [↪ defiance]: people who openly defy the law
50.	I beseech you banish me from your heart.	literary to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something [= beg]
51.	You have this duel. A skirmish of words and swords such as I never wrote.	1 a fight between small groups of soldiers, ships etc, especially one that happens away from the main part of a battle - used in news reports The young soldier was killed in a skirmish with government troops. 2 a short argument, especially between political or sports opponents Bates was sent off after a skirmish with the referee.
52.	The early morning rose would whither on the branch if it could envy.	Perhaps you know?
53.	And her bosom … A pair of pippins …as a pair of golden apples.	bosom - Perhaps you know? pippin a red and yellow dessert apple
54.	Can a lady live happily with a bankside poet and player?	Bankside is riverside in London. In the Elizabethan period, because of its location outside the jurisdiction of the City of London, the area was outside of the City of London's authority and so became occupied by playhouses, including the Rose, the Hope Theatre, the Swan and the Globe Theatre.
55.	Love denied blights the souls we owe to God.	to spoil or damage something, especially by preventing people from doing what they want to do: a disease which, though not fatal, can blight the lives of its victims a country blighted by poverty
56.	You’re perhaps as mistook in me as I was mistook in Thomas Kent.	Guess!
57.	From my lips, by thine the sin is purged.	literary to remove something bad: We have to begin by purging our minds of prejudice. Any doubts about his leadership were purged by the courage of his performance.
58.	Madam, your mother craves a word with you.	to have an extremely strong desire for something: an insecure child who craves attention
59.	My life is my foe ’s debt.	literary an enemy: Britain's friends and foes
60.	All this is but a dream. Too flattering sweet to be substantial.	Perhaps you know?
61.	To cease my strife and leave me to my grief.	formal trouble between two or more people or groups [= conflict]: a time of political strife
62.	The friar marries him in secret.	a member of a religious group of Catholic men, who travelled around in the past teaching about Christianity and who were very poor [↪ monk]
63.	Cease your prattling and get out!	to talk continuously about silly and unimportant things What's Sarah prattling on about?
64.	The tide waits for no man.	Time and tide wait for no man. Prov. Things will not wait for you when you are late: Hurry up or we'll miss the bus! Time and tide wait for no man.
65.	You will not shake me off.	to get rid of or escape from someone who is chasing you: I think we've shaken them off.
66.	I swear by your breeches.	short trousers that fasten just below the knees: riding breeches
67.	A poet. Does he come to the house? An insolent penny-a-page rouge. [ ruːʒ ]	insolent rude and not showing any respect: You insolent child! from rouge old-fashioned pink or red powder or cream that women put on their cheeks [= blusher]
68.	I’ll wager my fortune.	old-fashioned 1 to agree to win or lose an amount of money on the result of something such as a race [= gamble] Stipes wagered all his money on an unknown horse. 2 I'll wager used to say that you are confident that something is true
69.	She’s been plucked since I saw her last, and not by you.	from: written to pull something quickly in order to remove it He plucked a couple of plastic bags from the roll. Reaching up, she plucked an apple off the tree.
70.	Will you desist, Madam?	formal to stop doing something: We hope that the military regime will desist from its acts of violence.
71.	Where’s that thieving hack?	a writer who does a lot of low quality work, especially writing newspaper articles: A Sunday newspaper hack uncovered the story.
72.	What is this rabble?	a noisy crowd of people a rabble of angry youths
73.	Have privy, players! Not with my props! /ˈprɪvi/	privy respect for law on someone’s private belongings prop a small object such as a book, weapon etc, used by actors in a play or film: Anna looks after costumes and props.
74.	Kegs and legs open, and on the house!	a round wooden or metal container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing beer [↪ barrel] keg beer/bitter British English (=beer served from a keg)
75.	Tell me your story while I tickle your fancy.	to be appealing to one, cause pleasure or amusement
76.	You have not yet dipped your wick.	vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse
77.	I am writing an apothecary.	someone who mixed and sold medicines in the past
78.	Calf-love.	also puppy love temporary love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
79.	I will go to Wessex as widow from these vows, as solemn as they are unsanctified.	sanctify 1 to make something seem morally right or acceptable or to give something official approval: The rule of the Czar was sanctified by the Russian Orthodox Church. 2 to make something holy
80.	The friar gives Juliet a potion to drink.	Perhaps you know?
81.	By maligned fate, the message goesastray.	to be lost or stolen: The letter had gone astray in the post.
82.	She takes his dagger.
83.	That will have them rolling in the aisles.	if people in a theatre, cinema etc are rolling in the aisles, they are laughing a lot
84.	I rejoiced in his death because I thought it was yours.	literary to feel or show that you are very happy His family rejoiced at the news. We rejoiced in our good fortune.
85.	The bill! Oh, vanity! Vanity! – Not the billing. The bill.	give somebody top/star billing to name a particular performer, actor etc as being the most important person in a show, play etc
86.	I want it plowed into the ground and sown with quicklime!	plow, plough to turn over the earth using a plough so that seeds can be planted: In those days the land was plowed by oxen. quicklime a white powder that is made by heating limestone
87.	The Master of the Revels despises us all for vagrants and peddlers of bombast.	vagrant formal someone who has no home or work, especially someone who begs bombastic language contains long words that sound important but have no real meaning: He is best known for three rather bombastic poems.
88.	We must show them that we are men of parts.	a man who is talented (in multiple areas of life)
89.	My ship is moored at bankside.	to fasten a ship or boat to the land or to the bottom of the sea using ropes or an anchor: Two or three fishing boats were moored alongside the pier.
90.	Licentiousness is made a show!	licentious formal behaving in a sexually immoral or uncontrolled way
91.	We’ll all be put in Clink.	The Clink was a notorious prison in Southwark, England which functioned from the 12th century until 1780. The Clink was possibly the oldest men's prison and probably the oldest women's prison in England. The origins of the name "The Clink" are uncertain, but it is possibly onomatopoeic and derives from the sound of striking metal as the prison's doors were bolted, or the rattling of the chains the prisoners wore. The name has become slang as a generic term for prison.
92.	Contempt? You closed the Rose. I have not opened it.	Perhaps you know?
93.	Something is out of joint.	1.out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; 2.hence, not working well together; disordered
94.	You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.	Perhaps you know?
95.	A perilous voyage to an unknown land.	literary or formal very dangerous: a perilous journey across the mountains

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