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1 Shakespeare’s legacy

2 William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers in the history of English. He has written tragedies, comedies and poetry. He also wrote classic plays and now-common expressions and words.

3 Tragedies Titus Andronicus Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar Hamlet
Othello Timon of Athens King Lear Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus

4 Poetry The Sonnets A Lover's Complaint The Rape of Lucrece
Venus and Adonis Funeral Elegy by W.S.

5 Nouns accused addiction alligator amazement anchovies assassination
backing bandit bedroom bump buzzers courtship critic dawn design dickens embrace employer shudders switch tardiness transcendence urging watchdog wormhole zany engagements excitements exposure eyeball fixture futurity glow gust manager mimic misgiving mountaineer ode outbreak pageantry pedant perusal questioning reinforcement retirement roadway rumination savagery scuffles

6 Verbs grovel hobnob humour hurry impedes jet jig label lapse lower
besmirch bet blanket cake cater champion compromise cow denote deracinate dialogue dislocate divest drug dwindle grovel hobnob humour hurry impedes jet jig label lapse lower misquote negotiate numb pander partner petition puke rant reword secure submerge swagger torture unclog elbow enmesh film forward gossip

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