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Armadale

Chapter XXVII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/81 · 5 lines
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“Where are the obstacles?
Where is the fear of discovery?
“I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.
I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.
Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Armadale

Chapter XXVII

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Where are the obstacles?
Line 2
Where is the fear of discovery?
Line 3
“I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.
Line 4
I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.
Line 5
Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

Learner Dictionary

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

Creature noun US /ˈcreature/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.”

Myself pronoun US /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading “Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading ““I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.”

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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 Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

actually

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

all

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

Ambrose

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading “Where are the obstacles?

Armadale's

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

aware

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From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

discovery

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From this reading Where is the fear of discovery?

early

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From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

fear

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From this reading Where is the fear of discovery?

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

inclinations

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

intriguing

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Where is the fear of discovery?

knows

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

meetings

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From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

Milroy

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From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

Miss

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From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

mistress

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

neighborhood

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

NotadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

obstacles

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From this reading “Where are the obstacles?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Where is the fear of discovery?

only

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

person

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

real

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

suspected

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

taken

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “Where are the obstacles?

Thorpe

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From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “I am actually suspected all over the neighborhood of intriguing to be mistress of Thorpe Ambrose.

turn

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From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading “Where are the obstacles?

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading I am the only person who knows the real turn that Armadale’s inclinations have taken.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Not a creature but myself is as yet aware of his early morning meetings with Miss Milroy.