Act 2
Scene 1
1) �But, sir, such wanton, wild and unusual slips.� Line 24
Wanton: Reckless
2) �Quarreling, drabbing- you may go so far.� Line 26
Drabbing: Going to prostitutes
3) �There was he gaming, there o�ertook in�s rouse.� Line 59
O�ertook in�s rouse: Overcome by drink
4) �Videlicet, a brothel- or so forth. See you now.� Line 62
Videlicet: Namely
5) �And with a look so piteous in purport.� Line 83
Purport: Expression
6) �As it did seem to shatter all his bulk.� Line 93
Bulk: Body
Scene 2
7) �Sith nor th� exterior nor the inward man.� Line 67
: Since neither his appearance nor his personality.
8) �To show us so much gentry and goodwill.� Line 22
Gentry: Courtesy.
9) �Well, we shall shift him.� Line 58
Shift: question Polonius carefully.
10) �Receives rebuke from Norway, and in fine.� Line 60
In fine: Finally
11) �Perpend.� Line 105
Perpend: Consider
12) �And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes.� Line 91
Flourishes: Decorations
13) �Within the center.� Line 160
The center: The earth�s center, the most inaccessible place.
14) �By you and I behind an arras then.� Line 163
Arras: A tapestry commonly hung in medieval castles from ceiling to floor, to prevent draft.
15) �Being a good kissing carrion.� Line 182
Carrion: Dead flesh.
16) �Wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and.� Line 199
Purging: Discharging
17) �Then is doomsday near: But your news is.� Line 241
Doomsday: The day of Judgment
18) �Like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon.� Line 311
Paragon: Flower of Perfection
19) �Animals! And yet to me, what is this quintessence of.� Line 312
Quintessence: Perfection
20) � Wonted pace: but there is, sir, an aerly of children.� Line 342
Aerly: Nest
21) Roscius was an actor in Rome.� Line 394
Roscius: The most famous of ancient Roman actors.
22) �Buz, Buz.� Line 396
Buz: A slang expression for �tell me something I don�t know.�
23) �As by lot, God wot.� Line 419
Wot: Knows
24) �By the attitude of a chopine.� Line 430
Chopine: A high-heeled shoe. In other words the boy had grown.
25) �With eyes like carbunches, the hellish Pyrrhus.�
Carbunches: Precious stones of fiery red color.
