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A Monk of Cruta
A Monk of Cruta

Chapter I

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_Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.
A MONK OF CRUTA.
"I am here!"
"I saw the doctor talking with you aside!
How long have I to live?
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A Monk of Cruta

Chapter I

Reading 1/63 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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_Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.
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A MONK OF CRUTA.
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"I am here!"
/aɪ æm here/
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"I saw the doctor talking with you aside!
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How long have I to live?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I saw the doctor talking with you aside!”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “How long have I to live?”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I am here!"”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How long have I to live?”

All words in this reading · 36

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57

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading "I am here!"

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

aside

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From this reading "I saw the doctor talking with you aside!

Author

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

COMPANY

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

CRUTA

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From this reading A MONK OF CRUTA.

doctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I saw the doctor talking with you aside!

Etc

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading How long have I to live?

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I am here!"

How

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From this reading How long have I to live?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I am here!"

J

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

live

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From this reading How long have I to live?

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading How long have I to live?

Millionaire

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

MONK

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From this reading A MONK OF CRUTA.

NEW

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

OGILVIE

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

Peer

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

PUBLISHING

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

ROSE

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

S

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

saw

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From this reading "I saw the doctor talking with you aside!

STREET

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

talking

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From this reading "I saw the doctor talking with you aside!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading How long have I to live?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "I saw the doctor talking with you aside!

Woman

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

Yesterday

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

YORK

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From this reading _Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday," Etc., Etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 ROSE STREET.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "I saw the doctor talking with you aside!