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Search phrase: abrupt

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL II.iv.37Abruptly, as my passion now makes me,Abruptly as my passion now makes me,
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.iii.29To know the cause of your abrupt departure.To know the cause of your abrupt departure?
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.64pretty abruption? What too curious dreg espies mypretty abruption: what too curious dreg espies my

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Glossary

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abruptionbreaking-off, interruption, hesitation
breakburst in, enter abruptly
enscarpedsharp-sided, abruptly shelving
flashbreak out suddenly, move abruptly

Thesaurus

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abruptly moveflash
abruptly shelvingenscarped
abruptly, enterbreak
enter abruptlybreak
move abruptlyflash
shelving abruptlyenscarped

Themes and Topics

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Farewells...nversation to a close either gently or abruptly most are no longer used (good night ...
Politeness...are affable but when oswald uses it on abruptly leaving lear (kl i iv 45) it is posit...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ABRUPTBASICabrupt adj, abruption n, abruptly adv

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