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Emily Nguyen
Mr. Chung
Language Arts 2 H Pre-IB Period 6
22 April 2016
Dictionary of Words from Shakespeare
1. "Aeacides" - [3.1.55] - Lucentio is pretending to interpret Ovid to Bianca. The reference to
Aeacides follows in Ovid the passage quoted at lines 30-31.
2. "be quit with" - [3.1.95] - get even with.
3. "Bear these braves" - [3.1.15] - endure these taunts.
4. "Bearing my port" - [3.1.37] - assuming my social position.
5. "Breeching scholar" - [3.1.18] - young student liable to be breeched (i.e., whipped).
6. "conster" - [3.1.32] - construe, interpret.
7. "for my life" - [3.1.52] - I would bet my life
8. "Forbear" - [3.1.1] - stop.
9. "gamut" - [3.1.70] - the musical scale devised in the eleventh century. The "gamut" was also
the ground note of the scale.
10. "Give me Leave" - [3.1.62] - let me alone.
11. "Methinks" - [3.1.91] - it seems to me.
12. "ordained" - [3.1.10] - instituted, created
13. "Pantaloon" - [3.1.38] - ridiculous old man, a stock character in Italian comedy.
14. "Pedascule" - [3.1.53] - corrupt Latin for "little pedant".
15. "Preposterous" - [3.1.9] - literally, putting first what belongs last (Music is to follow work,
not precede it.
16. "serve in" - [3.1.14] - perform, present.
17. "Sirrah" - [3.1.15] - an insulting form of address.
18. "Spit in the hole, man, and tune again" - [3.1.42] - an ironic twist on the proverbial " Spit
on your hands and try again".
19. "stale" - [3.1.93] - decoy, lure (term from falconry).
20. "The bass is right. 'Tis the base knave that jars." - [3.1.50] - Wordplay on bass and base.
Bass refers to the notes on the bass clef, while base in the context of base knave refers to the
baseness of Cambio's intentions, which are his affections towards Bianca. Lucentio is
attempting to delay Bianca's music lessons in order to have more time to win her affections.
21. "the whiles" - [3.1.23] - in the meantime.
22. "to have prerogative" - [3.1.6] - to go first.
23. "usual pain" - [3.1.12] - i.e., daily labor.
24. "withal" - [3.1.3] - i.e., with.
25. "Your lecture shall have leisure for as much" - [3.1.8] - i.e., your lesson will be given
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Dictionary of Words from the 1990s
1. "Aiight" - alright, okay.
2. "All that and a bag of potato chips" - "I'm the best and then some."
3. "As if!" - an expression which derides a topic of conversation as unlikely or impossible.
4. "Boo-yaa" - totally dope, incredibly fine.
5. "Bounce" - need to leave.
6. "Da Bomb" - very cool, hip.
7. "Dead presidents" - US currency, most often refers to George Washington.
8. "Deal" - cope with circumstances, "deal with it."
9. "Diss" - to show a lack of respect for something or someone.
10. "Dope" - used to say that something was great or interesting.
11. "Going Postal" - going crazy, losing it.
12. "Hasta la vista, baby" - see you later, goodbye
13. "Home Skillett" - a close friend.
14. "M'kay" - yes, okay, alright. Popularized by "The South Park Movie"
15. "Oh snap!" - used to punctuate a situation that has taken everyone by surprise and which
leaves everyone in a state of total disbelief.
16. "OMG" - oh my God, used to exclaim surprise of disgust.
17. "Take a chill pill" - told to someone who needs to calm down.
18. "Talk to the hand" - "I don't want to hear what you are saying." An expression of contempt
for another persons words.
19. "Trippin" - used as a way to show that someone was overly critical or crazy.
20. "What's the 411?" - information, gossip.
21. "Whatever" - short for "Whatever you say"
22. "Yadda Yadda Yadda" - phrase popularized by the sitcom "Seinfeld". Often used to make a
long story short, thus leaving out uncomfortable details.
23. "You Go, Girl/Boy!" - encouragement.
24. "You Straight" - are you okay or alright
25. "Your Mom" - really weak comeback for when you can't think of anything to say.

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