Much Ado About Nothing

People in this story :

DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon

DON JOHN, his brother

CLAUDIO, a young Lord of Florence

BENEDICK, a young Lord of Padua

LEONATO, Governor of Messia

HERO, his daughter

BEATRICE, his niece

BORACHIO, a follower of Don John

MARGARET, a lady-in-waiting to Hero

 New Words:

1.  scarcely :  (adj.)
   • (literary scarce) only just or almost not
     I was scarcely able to move my arm after the accident.

     I could scarcely believe it when she said she wanted to marry me.
   • used to say that something happened immediately after something else happened
     

     I had scarcely sat down/Scarcely had I sat down to eat when the phone rang.
    
   
2. endurance :   (noun)
• the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant or painful for a long time
  Running a marathon is a test of human endurance.

  
  
  The pain was bad beyond. 
3. gay :   (adj.)
• homosexual
  gay rights

  Marcus knew he was gay by the time he was fourteen.

  the lesbian and gay community