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Search phrase: accent

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL III.ii.329Your accent is something finer than you couldYour accent is something finer, then you could
HamletHam II.ii.465accent and good discretion.accent, and good discretion.
HamletHam III.ii.30profanely, that, neither having th' accent of Christiansprophanely) that neyther hauing the accent of Christians,
Henry VH5 II.iv.126In second accent of his ordinance.In second Accent of his Ordinance.
King JohnKJ I.i.86The accent of his tongue affecteth him.The accent of his tongue affecteth him:
King JohnKJ V.vi.14That any accent breaking from thy tongueThat any accent breaking from thy tongue,
King LearKL II.ii.109you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which, for myyou in a plaine accent, was a plaine Knaue, which for my
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.120the accent. Let me supervise the canzonet.the accent. Let me superuise the cangenet.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.99Action and accent did they teach him there:Action and accent did they teach him there.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.97Throttle their practised accent in their fears,Throttle their practiz'd accent in their feares,
OthelloOth I.i.76Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell,Doe, with like timerous accent, and dire yell,
Richard IIR2 V.i.47The heavy accent of thy moving tongue,The heauie accent of thy mouing Tongue,
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.159That cannot brook the accent of reproof.That cannot brooke the accent of reproofe.
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.29fantasticoes, these new tuners of accent! ‘ By Jesu, a veryphantacies, these new tuners of accent: Iesu a very
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.53And with an accent tuned in selfsame keyAnd with an accent tun'd in selfe-same key,
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.177swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhoodswaggering accent sharpely twang'd off, giues manhoode

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.566 And 'midst the sentence so her accent breaks And midst the sentence so her accent breakes,

Glossary

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accentecho, reverberation
accentlanguage, tongue
accenttalk, speech, utterance, words
accentsound, voice quality, way of talking
accentattempt at speaking, inarticulate sound
lispput on a foreign accent

Thesaurus

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put on a foreign accentlisp

Themes and Topics

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Elision... luc 566 ’midst the sentence so her accent breaks amongst > ’mongst 1h6...
French...ng change is enough to suggest a foreign accent though there is actually little or no d...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ACCENTBASICaccent n

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