Chapter V
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. MR. BENDEN'S DESSERT. "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither? Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
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CHAPTER
FIFTEEN.
MR.
BENDEN'S
DESSERT.
"Taken
her
away
from
the
gaol!
and
you
wot
not
whither?
Well,
Roger
Hall,
you're
as
pretty
a
man
of
your
hands
as
ever
I
did
behold!"
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CHAPTER
FIFTEEN.
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MR.
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BENDEN'S
DESSERT.
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"Taken
her
away
from
the
gaol!
and
you
wot
not
whither?
Line 5
Well,
Roger
Hall,
you're
as
pretty
a
man
of
your
hands
as
ever
I
did
behold!"
Learner Dictionary
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Ever
noun
US /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”
Whither
adverb
US /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “"Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?”
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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 Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
away
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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
behold
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
BENDEN'S
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From this reading BENDEN'S DESSERT.
CHAPTER
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From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
DESSERT
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From this reading BENDEN'S DESSERT.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
FIFTEEN
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From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
gaol
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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
Hall
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
man
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
MR
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From this reading MR.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
pretty
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
Roger
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
Taken
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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
Well
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
wot
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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
you're
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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"