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Search phrase: gape

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam I.ii.245I'll speak to it though hell itself should gapeIle speake to it, though Hell it selfe should gape
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.i.77Which gape and rub the elbow at the newsWhich gape, and rub the Elbow at the newes
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.v.56Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gapeLeaue gourmandizing; Know the Graue doth gape
Henry VH5 II.i.58The grave doth gape, and doting death is near:The Graue doth gape, and doting death is neere,
Henry VH5 III.vi.41Let gallows gape for dog; let man go free,let Gallowes gape for Dogge, let Man goe free,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.161May that ground gape and swallow me alive,May that ground gape, and swallow me aliue,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.15Spendthrifts, and such that gape for nothing elseSpend thrifts, and such as gape for nothing else,
King JohnKJ II.i.375As in a theatre, whence they gape and pointAs in a Theater, whence they gape and point
OthelloOth III.iii.392Would you, the supervisor, grossly gape on?Would you the super-vision grossely gape on?
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.65Or earth gape open wide and eat him quick,Or Earth gape open wide, and eate him quicke,
The TempestTem I.i.58And gape at wid'st to glut him.And gape at widst to glut him.
The TempestTem I.ii.292When I arrived and heard thee, that made gapeWhen I arriu'd, and heard thee, that made gape

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Glossary

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gapelong, be eager, yearn
yawnopen wide, gape
yawn[Q2 variant of 'aim'] open wide, gape

Thesaurus

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gapeyawn

Themes and Topics

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Elision

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GAPEBASICgape v, gaping adj, gaping n
GAPESTATEearnest-gaping adj

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