Chapter VII
"He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room. "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am. Such impudence! He did not want to buy anything. But what a little coward you are!"
A Little World
Chapter VII
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"He's
gone!"
said
Janet,
returning
to
the
room.
"He's
a
hideous
wretch,
ugly
as
I
am.
Such
impudence!
He
did
not
want
to
buy
anything.
But
what
a
little
coward
you
are!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
"He's
gone!"
said
Janet,
returning
to
the
room.
Line 2
"He's
a
hideous
wretch,
ugly
as
I
am.
Line 3
Such
impudence!
Line 4
He
did
not
want
to
buy
anything.
Line 5
But
what
a
little
coward
you
are!"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Anything
pronoun
US /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “He did not want to buy anything.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But what a little coward you are!"”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He did not want to buy anything.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But what a little coward you are!"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what a little coward you are!"
buy
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From this reading He did not want to buy anything.
coward
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From this reading But what a little coward you are!"
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not want to buy anything.
gone
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From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not want to buy anything.
He's
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From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
hideous
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From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
impudence
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From this reading Such impudence!
Janet
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From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But what a little coward you are!"
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not want to buy anything.
returning
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From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
room
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From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
said
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From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such impudence!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He's gone!" said Janet, returning to the room.
ugly
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From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
want
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From this reading He did not want to buy anything.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what a little coward you are!"
wretch
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From this reading "He's a hideous wretch, ugly as I am.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But what a little coward you are!"