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Pucca Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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00The other day my cables got crossed and started reading a book in the library..A Midsummer night's dream and just read few pages but there are lots of things which I don't understand!02br
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00"He promised his daughter to someone", what does it mean? That he promised someone that his daughter would be for that person?02br
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00"Both young men woo Helena", woo? What does it mean?02br
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00What about "wed"? It is a synomyn of "getting married"?02br
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00Thanks in advance for your help!:)0-
  

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0 yes02br 00 to court (a woman), to make love (but not ***, or not yet) to her02br 00 yes02br 02br 00 You should have these in any dictionary. 0-

  • 0 yes02br 00 to court (a woman), to make love (but not ***, or not yet) to her02br 00 yes02br 02br 00 You should have these in any dictionary.
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0 yes02br
00 to court (a woman), to make love (but not ***, or not yet) to her02br
00 yes02br
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00 You should have these in any dictionary. 0-
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0 Hello Marius!:)02br
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00Thanks for your help, I tried to find them in a dict, but didn't know how to look the first one up, the second word, I didn't find it in the dict, I guess! At least, the meaning is not written down in my paper. And the last one I wanted to know if they were synonymous words:). 02br
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00Hmm..but are these words used nowadays?
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0 They are all used, but some like "woo" mostly in literary context. 0-
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0 Thanks for your answers, Marius!:)0-

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