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constancy
definition: the quality of being faithful and dependable.
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perjured
definition: also known as forswearing, is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.
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breach
definition: an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.
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forsworn
definition: agree to give up or do without
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When I break twenty? I am perjured most; For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee
when, break, I, perjured, for, my, are, but, misuse are all unstressed. I, twenty, am, most, all, vows, oaths, to, thee are all stressed.
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bearing
A bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion to only the desired motion, and reduces friction between moving parts.
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But thou art twice forsworn, to me love swearing, In act thy bed-vow broke and new faith torn, In vowing new hate after new love bearing.
The Volta goes from love to hate.
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forsworn
The rhyme scheme is forsworn (a), swearing (b), torn (a), bearing (b).
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prominence
what does this word mean?
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If dramatists and explorers share an addiction to conflict, jeopardy and transgression, then Shakespeare and the first American settlers had rather more in common than their mother tongue.
This sentence doesn't make sense to me
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