Some Shakespearean words you ought to know

Soon, shortly, presently

Eg: Ham III.ii.272 [Hamlet to Ophelia] You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of Gonzago's wife

Begone, go away, be off

Eg: Mac III.iv.92 [Macbeth to Banquo's ghost] Avaunt, and quit my sight!

Curse, devil take, evil befall

Eg: MND II.ii.60 [Hermia to Lysander] much beshrew my manners and my pride / If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied

(1)Forcibly, by force, violently

Eg:CE IV.iii.94 [Courtesan alone, of Antipholus of Syracuse] He rushed into my house and took perforce / My ring away

(2)Of necessity, with no choice in the matter

Eg: E3 III.i.182 [Mariner to King John, ofthe navies] we perforce were fain to give them way

Prattle, chatter, blather

Eg: CE II.ii.202 [Luciana to Dromio of Syracuse] Why pratest thou to thyself

Learn, know, be told

Eg: AC I.v.22 [Cleopatra to Charmian, as if to Antony's horse] wot'st thou whom thou mov'st?