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Search phrase: helpful

Plays

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Comedy of Errors	CE I.i.104	Our helpful ship was splitted in the midst;	Our helpefull ship was splitted in the midst;
Hamlet	Ham II.ii.39.1	Pleasant and helpful to him!	Pleasant and helpfull to him.
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 III.i.120	And gave the tongue a helpful ornament –	And gaue the Tongue a helpefull Ornament;
Richard II	R2 III.iii.132	Till time lend friends, and friends their helpful swords.	Till time lend friends, and friends their helpeful Swords.

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Glossary

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aidant	helpful, assisting, beneficial
angel	ministering spirit, person who can perform a helpful office
merry	[of winds] favourable, helpful, advantageous
towardly	dutiful, helpful, friendly
vantage	helpful position, beneficial location

Thesaurus

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helpful	aidant
helpful	towardly
helpful	merry
helpful position	vantage
position, helpful	vantage

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Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)

...speare are used so often that we find it helpful to approach them in the manner of a lang...

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