My kingdom for... :)
The other day when I watched different videos on Youtube in order to relax after working, I accidentally ran into a video named, if I'm not mistaken, "Some ways to say "I want" in English". Among others there was an expression which attracted my attention. It was "My kingdom for...". English teacher who explained all this (the English native speaker, by the way) promptly warned that this phrase came from "Richard III" by William Shakespeare and that in modern English it's used quite rarely in recent times but, nevertheless, it's acceptable.
I was just charmed by this phrase. And, yes, I know If some day I decide to use it, it might look like an exaggeration or even some kind of absurdity but I find the expression "I will give everything I have if somebody bring me a pizza. My kingdom for a good old pizza" sounds very funny and a bit nobly at the same time. :)
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My kingdom for... :)
The other day when I watched different videos on Youtube in order to relax after working, I accidentally ran into came across a video named, if I'm not mistaken, "Some ways to say "I want" in English". Among others there was an expression which attracted my attention. It was "My kingdom for...". The English teacher who explained all this (the who is an English native speaker, by the way) promptly warned me that this phrase came from "Richard III" by William Shakespeare and that in modern English it's used quite rarely in recent times but, nevertheless, it's acceptable.I was just charmed by this phrase. And, yes, I know If some day I decide to use it, it might look like an exaggeration or even some kind of absurdity sound absurd but I find the expression "I will give everything I have if somebody bring me a pizza. My kingdom for a good old pizza" sounds very funny and a bit nobly pompous at the same time. :)
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My kingdom for... :)
The other day when I watched was watching different videos on Youtube in order to relax after working, I accidentally ran into a video named, if I'm not mistaken, "Some ways to say "I want" in English". Among others there was an expression which attracted my attention. It was "My kingdom for...". The English teacher who explained all this (the an English native speaker, by the way) promptly warned that this phrase came from "Richard III" by William Shakespeare and that in modern English it's used quite rarely in recent times but, nevertheless, it's acceptable.I was just charmed by this phrase. And, yes, I know that if some day I decide to use it, it might look like an exaggeration or even some kind of absurdity but I find the expression "I will give everything I have if somebody would bring me a pizza. My kingdom for a good old pizza" sounds very funny and a bit noble at the same time. :)
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You are too stubborn, as for me :) My laziness didn't let me check on other sources different from Wiki, what I wrote about Chekhov. Once again I've made sure that Wiki doesn't claim on the absolute truth. ( "filch" is nice word which I really adore:) )
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Oooh... I didn't see that in Wiki and even more, I didn't remember that from "three sisters" and as usual I have checked this. Vershinin didn't say "Half of my kingdom.." but he said "half of my life". And to be honest the phrase "half of my kingdom" was said by another character of Chekhov's writing - it was Rassudina from "Three years". Thank you for the words "filch" and "assumption", Dmitry :)))
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My kingdom for... :)
The other day when as I watched different videos on Youtube in order to relax after my working, I accidentally ran into stumbled on a video entitled named, if I'm not mistaken, "Some ways to say 'I want" in English'". Among many, others there was an expression which attracted my attention. It was "My kingdom for...". My English teacher, a native speaker, who explained all this (the English native speaker, by the way) promptly warned that this comes (still is, a fact)phrase came from Shakespeare's "Richard III". by William Shakespeare and However, it is seldom used that in modern English even though it's used quite rarely in recent times but, nevertheless, it's acceptable.I was just charmed by this phrase. And, yes, I know if some day I decide to use it, it might look like an I may be exaggerating or even some kind of sound absurdity . Still, but I find the expression "I will give everything I have if someone bring me a pizza. My kingdom for a good old pizza" sounds very funny and yet a refined bit nobly at the same time. :)
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