Chapter XI
‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’ ‘I just love you in it. No, you mustn’t pass. Now you can go.’ ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus
Chapter XI
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‘You
will
excuse
the
dressing-gown,
Frank.’
‘I
just
love
you
in
it.
No,
you
mustn’t
pass.
Now
you
can
go.’
‘I
was
so
afraid
that
you
would
breakfast
without
me
that
I
had
no
time
to
dress.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
‘You
will
excuse
the
dressing-gown,
Frank.’
Line 2
‘I
just
love
you
in
it.
Line 3
No,
you
mustn’t
pass.
Line 4
Now
you
can
go.’
Line 5
‘I
was
so
afraid
that
you
would
breakfast
without
me
that
I
had
no
time
to
dress.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.”
Without
preposition
US /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.”
All words in this reading · 29
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afraid
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From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
breakfast
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From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Now you can go.’
dress
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From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
dressing-gown
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From this reading ‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’
excuse
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From this reading ‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’
Frank
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From this reading ‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’
go
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From this reading Now you can go.’
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I just love you in it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘I just love you in it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘I just love you in it.
just
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From this reading ‘I just love you in it.
love
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From this reading ‘I just love you in it.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
mustn't
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From this reading No, you mustn’t pass.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, you mustn’t pass.
Now
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From this reading Now you can go.’
pass
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From this reading No, you mustn’t pass.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘I was so afraid that you would breakfast without me that I had no time to dress.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘You will excuse the dressing-gown, Frank.’