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Hamlet

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37 of some among

38 barren apathetic/dull-witted

39 necessary question important aspect

41 uses does, practices

43 presently imminently

50 As ... withal as ever my dealings with people brought me into contact with 56 candied sugared (i.e. flattering)

57 crook bend

57 pregnant ready

58 thrift profit

60 election choice

61 sealed designated (literally, placed a legally binding seal upon) 62 As ... nothing like one who endures everything with fortitude and is not wounded by any of it 62 suffering undergoing/enduring (the sense then shifts to "is hurt by") 63 buffets blows

65 blood passion

67 stop note produced by placing the finger over a hole in a wind instrument 69 core puns on the Latin cor meaning "heart"

75 the ... soul your most insightful, penetrating consideration

76 occulted hidden

77 unkennel reveal (as a fox is driven out of its hole)

78 damned i.e. evil, devilish

79 foul black, grimy

80 Vulcan's stithy the forge of Vulcan, Roman god of fire and blacksmiths 80 heedful note careful attention

83 censure ... seeming forming an opinion of his appearance

85 steal aught gets away with anything

86.1 march i.e. march played on drums

87 idle unoccupied/mad

89 fares is (but Hamlet responds to the sense of "feeds")

90 chameleon's dish supposedly these reptiles fed on air

91 capons castrated cockerels fattened to make their meat more flavorsome 92 have nothing with gain nothing from

93 not mine nothing to do with my question (Hamlet responds to the sense of "do not belong to me") 98 i'th'Capitol at Capitoline Hill, site of the temple of supreme Roman god Jupiter 100 brute brutal/stupid/animal (with obvious pun on Brutus) 100 part deed/role

100 calf fool

102 stay ... patience await your permission (to start)

104 metal more attractive more magnetic metal (metal puns on "mettle" for an additional sense of "one of a more pleasing disposition") 106 lie ... lap recline upon your lap/have sex with you



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