Chapter III
Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet. "You are talking nonsense, my dear. Come upstairs! You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down. I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
An Unknown Lover
Chapter III
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Katrine
pushed
back
her
chair,
and
rose
to
her
feet.
"You
are
talking
nonsense,
my
dear.
Come
upstairs!
You
look
tired
to
death,
and
your
hair
is
coming
down.
I'll
give
you
a
book,
and
you
can
sleep
or
read
until
it's
time
to
dress.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Katrine
pushed
back
her
chair,
and
rose
to
her
feet.
Line 2
"You
are
talking
nonsense,
my
dear.
Line 3
Come
upstairs!
Line 4
You
look
tired
to
death,
and
your
hair
is
coming
down.
Line 5
I'll
give
you
a
book,
and
you
can
sleep
or
read
until
it's
time
to
dress.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come upstairs!”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.”
Until
preposition
US /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.”
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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 I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
back
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From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
book
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
chair
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From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come upstairs!
coming
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From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
dear
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From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
death
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From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
down
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From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
dress
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
feet
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From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
give
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
hair
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From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
I'll
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
it's
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
Katrine
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From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
nonsense
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From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
pushed
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From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
read
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
rose
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From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
sleep
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From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
talking
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From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
tired
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From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
upstairs
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From this reading Come upstairs!
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.