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Search phrase: shortening

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 IV.vi.37	'Tis but the shortening of my life one day.	'Tis but the shortning of my Life one day.

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abridgement	pastime, short entertainment, means of shortening the time
abridgement	curtailment, cutting off, shortening
nuncle	child-like shortening of ‘mine uncle’; guardian, master

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shortening	abridgement
time, means of shortening the	abridgement

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...v 69 by god [french par dieu] shortening to &rsquo od / &rsquo ud item ...

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