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Macbeth Words part 1 Flashcards

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hurly-burly

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fighting, confusion

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ere

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before

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heath

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wilderness

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I come

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the Witches address their familiar spirits (‘demons’): demons who helped with their evil work and usually took the form of animals.

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Graymalkin

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grey cat

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Paddock

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toad

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Alarum

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trumpet call to battle or to warn of danger

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within

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off stage

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plight

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unfortunate condition

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newest state

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latest situation

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sergeant

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soldier who, at the time, could be the equivalent of a captain

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hardy

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brave

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fought … capture

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rescued me from capture

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broil

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battle

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choke their art

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when two swimmers try to cling to each other, they stop each other from swimming and both drown

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for to that

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to that end

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kerns

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lightly armed soldiers who often used a sword or bow and arrows

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galloglasses

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heavily armed soldiers often carrying a heavy battle axe

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Fortune

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fickle luck

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Valour’s minion

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bravery’s favourite

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carved out his passage

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sliced his way

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unseamed him

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ripped him open

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nave to th’chaps

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navel to the jaws

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‘gins his reflection

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begins to fade

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direful

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dreadful, terrible

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Mark

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pay attention

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skipping

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leaping in fright

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trust their heels

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run away

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surveying vantage

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seeing an opportunity

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furbished

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polished, cleaned

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say sooth

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speak the truth

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cracks

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cannon shots

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doubly redoubled

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eightfold blows

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reeking

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streaming with blood

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memorise another Golgotha

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re-enact a slaughter like Christ’s crucifixion

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smack

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taste, savour

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Thane

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head of a clan in Scotland

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looks

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is visible

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flout

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mock, jeer

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Bellona

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Roman goddess of war

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bridegroom

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Macbeth, who had become married to the cause of war

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42
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lapped in proof

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clad in armour

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self-comparisons

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similar actions

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Point against point

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sword to sword

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Curbing

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restraining, constraining

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lavish

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unrestrained or impetuous

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composition

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a peace treaty

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deign

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permit

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Saint Colm’s Inch

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Isle of Incholm

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dollars

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English word for the German thaler, a large silver coin

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bosom interest

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heartfelt concerns

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present

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immediate

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former title

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Thane of Cawdor

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quoth

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said

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Aroint thee

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clear off

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rump-fed

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well-fed, selfish, indulgent

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runnion

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general term of abuse, especially for a woman

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Aleppo

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Trading city in northern Syria which was part of the Turkish Empire

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Tiger

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in 1606, an English ship called the Tiger finally arrived home after a disastrous voyage lasting 567 days

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sieve

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sailing in sieves was thought to be a common practice among witches

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wind

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witches were imagined to control the wind

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very ports they blow

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winds prevent ships from entering every port

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quarters

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geographical directions

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card

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compass

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penthouse lid

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eyelid

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forbid

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cursed

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sennights

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weeks

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nine times nine

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81 weeks

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peak and pine

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waste away

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bark

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small ship

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pilot

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guide who steers ships to harbour

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weird sisters

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in Anglo-Saxon mythology ‘Wyrd’ (Fate) was a goddess who controlled destiny

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Posters

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speedy travellers

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Thrice to thine … to mine

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three times in your direction and in mine

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nine

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an action is repeated three times for each Witch

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charm

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spell

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woundup

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placed in readiness

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foul and fair

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the weather is bad, but the outcome of the battle is good

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aught

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anything

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choppy

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chapped and cracked by the weather

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start

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flinch or make a nervous gesture

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fantastical

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imaginary

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83
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present grace

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immediate favour

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84
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noble having

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new titles of nobility

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rapt

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spellbound, entranced

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86
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seeds of time

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future

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87
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get

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be father of

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88
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Finel

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Macbeth’s father

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Stands no … belief

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in unbelievable

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intelligence

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news, information

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charge

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command, order

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corporal

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physical

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on

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of

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the insane root

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hemlock, henbane of deadly nightshade

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selfsame tune

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identical meaning

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reads

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understands

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stout

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brave, valiant

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Nothing afeard

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not afraid

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post with post

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many messages

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earnest

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promise, pledge

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addition

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new title

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Who

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he who

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heavy judgement

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death sentence

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line

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reinforce

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vantage

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additional amount of soldiers, weapons, money

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wrack

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ruin or overthrow

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capital

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mortal or meriting death

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The greatest

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the larger part of the prphecy

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behind

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in the past

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home

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fully or to the end

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enkindle

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inflame with desire

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instruments of darkness

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devils (the Witches)

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Win us … consequence

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tell us the truth about small matters that have grave consequences

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Cousins

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kinsmen

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soliciting

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promising of pleasure

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unfix my hair

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make my hair stand on end

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seated

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fixed in position

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use

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ordinary course of state

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Present fears … imaginings

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real dangers are less frightening than those I can imagine

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function

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activity or movement

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surmise

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imaginings

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strange

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unfamiliar

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cleave

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cling

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Time … roughest day

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what will be, will be

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favour

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intelligence

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wrought

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disturbed, afitated

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registered … leaf

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Macbeth uses the image of a notebook that will help him remember what he owes Ross Angus

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chanced

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happened

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The interim having weighed it

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after time for thought

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free

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plain-speaking

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Flourish

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fanfare of trumpets

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in commission

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responsible

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repentance

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regret

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Became

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dignified

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studied

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rehearsed (an image from the theatre)

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owed

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possessed

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before

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beyond my power to pay you

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recompense

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suitable reward

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That the … mine

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that I could honour you appropriately

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More is thy due … pay

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you deserve more than anyone can pay

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hither

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here

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enfold

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embrace

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Wanton … drops of sorrow

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unrestrained tears

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We will establish … upon

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I declare as Scotland’s next king

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invest

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endow

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Inverness

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the location of Macbeth’s castle

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harbinger

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messenger (an officer who prepared for a king’s visit

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The eye wink at the hand

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to be unaware of the fatal blow

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full so

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supremely

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commendations

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praises or recommendations

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peerless

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beyond comparison

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in the day of success

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on the day of victory in battle

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perfectest report

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most reliable source of information

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missives

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messengers

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the coming on of time

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the future

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What thou art promised

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king

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catch the nearest way

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act without pity

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illness

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evil

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holily

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fairly, without evil

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Hie

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hurry

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chastise

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punish and remove

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golden round

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crown

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metaphysical

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supernatural

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withal

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as well

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tidings

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news

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had the speed of

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overtook

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tending

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attention, accommodation

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unsex me

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remove from me all feminine feelings

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compunctious

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compassionate

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visitings of nature

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natural feelings of tendencies

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fell

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deadly

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gall

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bitter poison

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pall

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wrap (as in a funeral pall or cloak)

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dunnest

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darkest

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keen

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sharp (also eager)

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all-hail hereafter

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future kingship

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in the instant

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now

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beguile

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decieve

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solely sovereign sway

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have the command of a king

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look up clear

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appear innocent

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To alter … fear

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a guilty face reveals itself

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Hautboys

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musical instruments similar to oboes

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tockes

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suggests that the scene takes place at night

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seat

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position, location

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martlet

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martin (a bird) or someone who was easily fooled

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approve

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prove

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mansionry

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the state of a dwelling

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jutty

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part of a building that projects outwards

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frieze

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a decorative band

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coign of vantage

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convenient place

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pendent

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hanging

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procreant cradle

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a nest

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The love … thank as love

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the love offered is sometimes a burden but is still received gratefully

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God yield us

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God reward me

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single

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weak

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contend

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balance, eigh

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loads

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fills

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those of old

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past honours

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late dignities

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recent honours

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We rest your hermits

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we will pray for you constantly

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coursed

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chased, hunted

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purveyor

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officer riding ahead to prepare food

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holp

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helped

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in count

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in trust

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make their audit

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show their accounts

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Still

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always

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By your leave

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with your permission

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trammel up the consequence

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be without consequences

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his surcease

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Duncan’s death

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the be-all and the end-all

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the final act

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jump the life to come

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risk heaven’s punishment

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inventor

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originator of the action

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chalice

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cup, goblet

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faculties

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powers as king

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clear

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innocent

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his taking-off

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Duncan’s murder

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cherubin

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angelic children

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sightless couriers

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the wind

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no spur … th’other

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I have no motivation to kill Duncan other than my own ambition

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I have bought … so soon

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I want to enjoy my improved reputation, not throw it away so quickly

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green and pale

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sickly

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afeard

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afraid

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valour

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worth or importance due to personal qualities or rank

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the ornament of life

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life’s highest achievement

225
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the poor cat i’th’adage

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the adage referred to is a proverb about a cat who wanted to fish bu was afraid of water

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break this enterprise

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suggest killing Duncan

227
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Did then adhere

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were at that time convenient

228
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They have made themselves

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now the time and place present themselves

229
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fitness

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timeliness

230
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given suck

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breastfed

231
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had I so sworn

A

if I had promised

232
Q

But

A

only

233
Q

screw … sticking-place

A

fix your courage firmly in place so it can’t move

234
Q

chamberlains

A

attendants, bodyguards

235
Q

wassail

A

drinking

236
Q

convince

A

overpower

237
Q

warder

A

guard or keeper

238
Q

fume

A

it was believed that the fumes from alcohol caused drunkenness

239
Q

receipt

A

receptacle

240
Q

limbeck

A

a device used in distilling alcohol

241
Q

swinish sleep

A

sleeping like pigs

242
Q

drenched

A

drunken

243
Q

put upon

A

impose

244
Q

spongy

A

drink-sodden

245
Q

quell

A

slaughter, murder

246
Q

mettle

A

spirit

247
Q

received

A

interpreted

248
Q

clamour

A

loud shouting or outcry

249
Q

settled

A

unchanging

250
Q

bend up

A

get ready

251
Q

Each corporal agent

A

every part of me

252
Q

mock the time

A

deceive the world

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