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Word Nerd: "shrew"
Context and Language Videos
Act 1,
Scene 1
Line 175

An explanation of the origin of the word "shrew" in Act 1, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

myShakespeare | Taming of the Shrew 1.1 Word Nerd: “shrew”

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I pray, awake, sir. If you love the maid,