Chapter XV
“You won’t see her again.” “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said. “How?” “I shall follow her.” “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
Beatrix
Chapter XV
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“You
won’t
see
her
again.”
“Oh!
yes,
I
shall,”
he
said.
“How?”
“I
shall
follow
her.”
“Why,
you
are
as
poor
as
Job,
my
dear
boy.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
“You
won’t
see
her
again.”
Line 2
“Oh!
yes,
I
shall,”
he
said.
Line 3
“How?”
Line 4
“I
shall
follow
her.”
Line 5
“Why,
you
are
as
poor
as
Job,
my
dear
boy.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You won’t see her again.””
Poor
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.””
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.”
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
boy
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From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
dear
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From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
follow
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From this reading “I shall follow her.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
How
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From this reading “How?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
Job
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From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
Oh
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From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
said
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From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
see
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From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
Why
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From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
won't
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From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
yes
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From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”