The Merchant Of Venice Act 4

Front 1

dram

Back 1

tiny amount

Front 2

qualify

Back 2

moderate, limit

Front 3

obdurate

Back 3

accent on second syllable

Front 4

that

Back 4

since

Front 5

envy

Back 5

malice

Front 6

tyranny

Back 6

unmerciful action

Front 7

our

Back 7

my (The Duke uses the royal "we.")

Front 8

“but leadest this fashion”

Back 8

only keep up this pretense

Front 9

“the last hour of act”

Back 9

the moment of performing the act itself

Front 10

remorse

Back 10

pity; strange: striking

Front 11

strange

Back 11

exceptional

Front 12

apparent

Back 12

obvious, visible

Front 13

where

Back 13

whereas

Front 14

loose

Back 14

relinquish

Front 15

morty

Back 15

portion

Front 16

of late

Back 16

lately, recently

Front 17

Enow

Back 17

enough

Front 18

of his state

Back 18

upon his condition

Front 19

Tartars

Back 19

Tatars, members of Mongolian tribes

Front 20

“offices of tender courtesy”

Back 20

duties of kindness

Front 21

possessed

Back 21

informed; purpose: intend

Front 22

due and forfeit of

Back 22

penalty that is due according to

Front 23

candon

Back 23

dead,decaying

Front 24

humor

Back 24

whim

Front 25

baned

Back 25

exterminated

Front 26

gaping

Back 26

perhaps roasted, served with its mouth opened

Front 27

affection

Back 27

feeling of attraction or repulsion

Front 28

it

Back 28

passion

Front 29

“bagpipe sings i' th' nose”

Back 29

a reference to the nasal sound of bagpipes

Front 30

of force

Back 30

necessarily

Front 31

lodged

Back 31

settled; certain: fixed, resolved

Front 32

follow

Back 32

pursue

Front 33

losing

Back 33

unprofitable

Front 34

current

Back 34

course

Front 35

bound

Back 35

obliged

Front 36

question

Back 36

dispute

Front 37

main flood

Back 37

ocean

Front 38

bate

Back 38

reduce

Front 39

use question with

Back 39

ask

Front 40

fretten

Back 40

fretted, agitated

Front 41

conveniency

Back 41

fitness , proper action

Front 42

draw

Back 42

accept

Front 43

parts

Back 43

duties

Front 44

dearly

Back 44

expensively.

Front 45

Stand for

Back 45

uphold, stand up for

Front 46

Upon

Back 46

according to

Front 47

Determine

Back 47

decide

Front 48

stays without

Back 48

waits outside

Front 49

New

Back 49

newly

Front 50

Tainted

Back 50

infected

Front 51

Wether

Back 51

male. sheep, ram (usually a neutered ram)

Front 52

Meetest

Back 52

most suitable

Front 53

live still

Back 53

continue to live

Front 54

hangman

Back 54

state executioner; keenness: (1)sharpness; (2) fierceness

Front 55

envy

Back 55

malice

Front 56

wit

Back 56

intelligence

Front 57

inexecrable

Back 57

perhaps, an intensified form of "execrable," abhorrent (or perhaps a misprint for"inexorable")

Front 58

hold opinion

Back 58

agree

Front 59

Pythagoras

Back 59

ancient Greek philosopher who taught the transmigration of souls

Front 60

Governed

Back 60

inhabited

Front 61

Fell

Back 61

cruel, pitiless

Front 62

Fleet

Back 62

pass out of the body

Front 63

Unhallowed

Back 63

unholy; dam: mother (term usually reserved for animals)

Front 64

Rail

Back 64

revile, taunt abusively

Front 65

but offend'st

Back 65

only damage

Front 66

commend

Back 66

recommend

Front 67

hard by

Back 67

nearby

Front 68

“give him courteous conduct

Back 68

courteously conduct him

Front 69

the receipt

Back 69

the moment of receiving

Front 70

doctor

Back 70

doctor of laws, learned person

Front 71

turned o'er

Back 71

searched

Front 72

furnished

Back 72

provided

Front 73

opinion

Back 73

judgment

Front 74

fill up

Back 74

fulfill

Front 75

stead

Back 75

place; lack of years: youth

Front 76

let him lack

Back 76

cause him to lack

Front 77

reverend estimation

Back 77

high esteem

Front 78

trial

Back 78

performance when put to the test

Front 79

publish

Back 79

make known

Front 80

“You hear the learned Bellario what he writes.”

Back 80

you hear what the

Front 81

“holds this present question

Back 81

is now being considered

Front 82

thoroughly

Back 82

thoroughly

Front 83

in such rule

Back 83

in such strict accord with law

Front 84

danger

Back 84

power

Front 85

confess

Back 85

acknowledge

Front 86

bears down

Back 86

oppresses

Front 87

“Wrest once the law to your authority

Back 87

just this once use your power to bend the law

Front 88

Daniel

Back 88

In the story of Susanna and the Elders found in the biblical Apocrypha, the young Daniel judged the elders who spied on and accused Susanna. His wisdom saved her from death.

Front 89

Tenor

Back 89

actual wording

Front 90

“stay here on my bond”

Back 90

await the fulfillment of the terms in my bond

Front 91

Hath full relation to

Back 91

fully authorize

Front 92

Balance

Back 92

scales (a beam with weighing pans at each side)

Front 93

“Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge”

Back 93

have in attendance at your expense

Front 94

surgeon

Back 94

a man (usually not a university-educated physician) trained and licensed to perform surgery

Front 95

stop

Back 95

stanch

Front 96

nominated

Back 96

named, specified

Front 97

so expressed

Back 97

made explicit

Front 98

Than is her custom

Back 98

than she usually does

Front 99

still her use

Back 99

always her habit

Front 100

age

Back 100

old age

Front 101

cut me off

Back 101

separate me (with a pun on the normal meaning of "cut off")

Front 102

process

Back 102

story; manner

Front 103

speak me fair

Back 103

speak well of me

Front 104

had not once a love

Back 104

did not once have someone who loved him

Front 105

Repent but you that

Back 105

regret only that

Front 106

repents not

Back 106

does not regret

Front 107

Which

Back 107

who

Front 108

make else

Back 108

otherwise make

Front 109

Would

Back 109

I wish

Front 110

Barabbas

Back 110

a thief set free when Jesus was condemned to death

Front 111

trifle time

Back 111

trifle with time, waste time

Front 112

no jot of blood

Back 112

no blood at all

Front 113

confiscate

Back 113

confiscated

Front 114

act

Back 114

decree, law

Front 115

Soft

Back 115

wait a moment

Front 116

all justice

Back 116

only justice

Front 117

a just pound

Back 117

exactly a pound

Front 118

substance

Back 118

mass, matter

Front 119

division

Back 119

fraction

Front 120

scruple

Back 120

the twenty-fourth part of an ounce (The twentieth part of a scruple was a "grain.")

Front 121

But in the estimation

Back 121

even so .much as

Front 122

“I have you on the hip

Back 122

I have the advantage over you (a wrestling term)

Front 123

barely

Back 123

merely

Front 124

“I'll stay no longer question

Back 124

I'll wait for no further disputation

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an alien

Back 125

As a Jew, Shylock would have been denied citizenship in Venice.

Front 126

privy coffer

Back 126

private account

Front 127

“'gainst all other voice.”

Back 127

without appeal

Front 128

predicament

Back 128

situation, condition

Front 129

rehearsed

Back 129

described

Front 130

leave

Back 130

permission

Front 131

charge

Back 131

expense

Front 132

For

Back 132

as for

Front 133

Humbleness

Back 133

a proper attitude of humility and abjectness

Front 134

drive unto

Back 134

reduce to

Front 135

“Ay, for the state, not for Antonio”

Back 135

the state's claim may be reduced to a fine, but not Antonio's claim to the other half

Front 136

halter gratis

Back 136

hangman's rope free of charge

Front 137

quit

Back 137

set aside

Front 138

so

Back 138

provided that

Front 139

in use

Back 139

in trust

Front 140

presently

Back 140

immediately

Front 141

“of all he dies possessed”

Back 141

of all that he owns at the time of his death

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son

Back 142

son-in-law

Front 143

draw

Back 143

draw up

Front 144

ten more

Back 144

Twelve is the number in a jury, which, according to Gratiano, should have sentenced Shylock to death.

Front 145

Home

Back 145

to come home

Front 146

Meet

Back 146

fitting

Front 147

Gratify

Back 147

reward

Front 148

Bound

Back 148

obligated

Front 149

“cope your courteous pains withal

Back 149

give you in exchange for your kind efforts

Front 150

“know me when we meet again”

Back 150

a polite phrase meaning that one person has been introduced to the other with a secondary, hidden meaning: "Recognize me")

Front 151

of force

Back 151

necessarily

Front 152

attempt you further

Back 152

again try to offer you something

Front 153

for your love

Back 153

as a remembrance of your love, a polite formula (But all Portia's words to Bassanio have meanings that exceed what he understands "Balthazar" to say.)

Front 154

have a mind

Back 154

am strongly inclined

Front 155

“There's more depends on this than on the value.”

Back 155

there's more to this ring than its monetary value

Front 156

dearest

Back 156

most expensive

Front 157

liberal

Back 157

generous

Front 158

withal

Back 158

in addition

Front 159

well welcome

Back 159

most welcome

Front 160

you are well o'erta'en

Back 160

it's to your advantage that I've caught up to you .

Front 161

upon more advice

Back 161

after further thought

Front 162

That cannot be

Back 162

I cannot have dinner with him

Front 163

my youth

Back 163

my boy (Nerissa)

Front 164

old

Back 164

lots of

Front 165

outface

Back 165

(1) defy; (2) lie boldly to