Chapter I
New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara." "Have you, darling? It's the fifty-third." "Ah, but you wait till you see. Abington Abbey.
Abington Abbey: A Novel
Chapter I
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New
York
Dodd,
Mead
and
Company
"I
believe
I've
got
the
very
house,
Cara."
"Have
you,
darling?
It's
the
fifty-third."
"Ah,
but
you
wait
till
you
see.
Abington
Abbey.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
New
York
Dodd,
Mead
and
Company
"I
believe
I've
got
the
very
house,
Cara."
Line 2
"Have
you,
darling?
Line 3
It's
the
fifty-third."
Line 4
"Ah,
but
you
wait
till
you
see.
Line 5
Abington
Abbey.
Learner Dictionary
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Believe
noun
US /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Have you, darling?”
Till
preposition
US /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “"Ah, but you wait till you see.”
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Abbey
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From this reading Abington Abbey.
Abington
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From this reading Abington Abbey.
Ah
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From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
Cara
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
Company
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
darling
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From this reading "Have you, darling?
Dodd
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
fifty-third
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From this reading It's the fifty-third."
got
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you, darling?
house
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
I've
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
It's
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From this reading It's the fifty-third."
Mead
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
New
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
see
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From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
very
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
wait
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From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
York
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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you, darling?