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An Interloper
An Interloper

Chapter IV

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"Already!"
"The day after our wedding."
She looked at him admiringly.
"Ah, you are a man of honour!
Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

An Interloper

Chapter IV

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Already!"
/already/
Line 2
"The day after our wedding."
Line 3
She looked at him admiringly.
Line 4
"Ah, you are a man of honour!
Line 5
Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “"The day after our wedding."”

Already noun US /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Already!"”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She looked at him admiringly.”

All words in this reading · 29

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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 "Ah, you are a man of honour!

admiringly

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From this reading She looked at him admiringly.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading "The day after our wedding."

Ah

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From this reading "Ah, you are a man of honour!

AlreadynounUS /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Already!"

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "Ah, you are a man of honour!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She looked at him admiringly.

Cadanet

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

cannot

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

day

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From this reading "The day after our wedding."

de

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She looked at him admiringly.

honour

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From this reading "Ah, you are a man of honour!

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She looked at him admiringly.

lost

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

man

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From this reading "Ah, you are a man of honour!

Monsieur

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

much

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Ah, you are a man of honour!

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "The day after our wedding."

say

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From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She looked at him admiringly.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Monsieur de Cadanet cannot say that you have lost so much as a day.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "The day after our wedding."

wedding

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From this reading "The day after our wedding."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Ah, you are a man of honour!