Chapter XI
“Come in,” says the woman, and I did. She says: “Take a cheer.” I done it. She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says: “What might your name be?”
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Chapter XI
“Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
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“Come
in,”
says
the
woman,
and
I
did.
She
says:
“Take
a
cheer.”
I
done
it.
She
looked
me
all
over
with
her
little
shiny
eyes,
and
says:
“What
might
your
name
be?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Come
in,”
says
the
woman,
and
I
did.
Line 2
She
says:
“Take
a
cheer.”
Line 3
I
done
it.
/aɪ done ɪt/
Line 4
She
looked
me
all
over
with
her
little
shiny
eyes,
and
says:
Line 5
“What
might
your
name
be?”
/wʌt maɪt jɔːr name biː/
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
says
noun
US /sez/
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading ““Come in,” says the woman, and I did.”
Collocations
Come inA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
in saysA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
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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 She says: “Take a cheer.”
all
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From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “What might your name be?”
cheer
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From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I done it.
eyes
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From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I done it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “What might your name be?”
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What might your name be?”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
saysnounUS /sez/
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
shiny
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From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What might your name be?”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
woman
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From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What might your name be?”