Hamlet - Page 169

46 prenominate aforementioned

47 breathe of speak about (i.e. Laertes)

48 closes ... consequence agrees with you in the following way

50 addition form of address

58 ay, marry yes, by the Virgin Mary, i.e. yes, of course

62 o'ertook in's rouse overcome in his carousals (i.e. drunk)

65 Videlicet "that is to say" (Latin)

67 carp type of fish

68 we ... reach we who are wise and widely perceptive

69 windlasses roundabout route

69 assays of bias indirect ventures

70 directions the way things are really going

71 lecture lesson

72 have understand

74 buy i.e. be with

76 Observe ... yourself observe his behavior in person/go along with his inclinations 78 ply his music (literally) practice his musical skills/(metaphorically) go his own way 79 Well very well

85 doublet close-fitting jacket with buttons down the front

85 unbraced undone

86 No hat Elizabethans usually wore hats indoors when in company

87 Ungartered falling down, untied (garters were bands that held the stockings in place) 87 down-gyved fallen down and resembling fetters (gyves)

89 purport meaning

96 goes ... arm he backs away until he stands at arm's length

99 As as if

108 bended their light i.e. directed their gaze

110 ecstasy frenzy, madness

111 Whose ... itself the violent nature of which causes self-destruction 120 speed profit/promptness

121 quoted observed

122 wreck dishonor, ruin sexually

122 beshrew my jealousy curse my suspicion

123 proper ... age i.e. typical of old men

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