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Search phrase: ache

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.58.2let him knock till it achelet him knocke till it ake 
HamletHam V.i.91to play at loggats with them mine ache to think ontto play at loggets with em mine ake to thinke ont
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.i.76sad brow will do with a fellow that never had the achesadde brow) will doe with a fellow that neuer had the ache
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.87stand close up or ill make your head achestand close vp or ile make your head ake
King JohnKJ IV.i.41have you the heart when your head did but achehaue you the heart when your head did but ake
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.133that age ache penury and imprisonmentthat age ache periury and imprisonment
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.26charm ache with air and agony with wordscharme ache with ayre and agony with words
OthelloOth III.iv.142for let our finger ache and it induesfor let our finger ake and it endues
Romeo and JulietRJ II.v.26fie how my bones ache what a jaunce have ifie how my bones ake what a iaunt haue i had
Timon of AthensTim III.v.96.1my wounds ache at youmy wounds ake at you
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iii.105such an ache in my bones that unless a man were curstsuch an ache in my bones that vnlesse a man were curst

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1116 to see the salve doth make the wound ache more "to see the salue doth make the wound ake more
Venus and AdonisVen.875 like a milch doe whose swelling dugs do ache like a milch doe whose swelling dugs do ake

Glossary

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bone- ache neapolitan[pain in the bones from naples] syphilis venereal disease
neapolitan bone- ache[pain in the bones from naples] syphilis venereal disease

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
acheBASIC ache n, ache v, aching adj
achePART OF BODYbone- ache n, heart ache n, tooth ache n
acheNOTunaching adj
unachingBASICsee ACHE

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