Chapter IX
She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say: “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please. The one that goes like this.” Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room. Gyp sat down beside Fiorsen.
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She
slid
across
to
Rosek,
and
Gyp
heard
her
say:
“Oh,
Mrs.
Fiorsen
wants
me
to
begin;
a
Chopin
waltz,
please.
The
one
that
goes
like
this.”
Rosek
went
to
the
piano,
the
little
dancer
to
the
centre
of
the
room.
Gyp
sat
down
beside
Fiorsen.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
She
slid
across
to
Rosek,
and
Gyp
heard
her
say:
Line 2
“Oh,
Mrs.
Fiorsen
wants
me
to
begin;
a
Chopin
waltz,
please.
Line 3
The
one
that
goes
like
this.”
Line 4
Rosek
went
to
the
piano,
the
little
dancer
to
the
centre
of
the
room.
Line 5
Gyp
sat
down
beside
Fiorsen.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Across
preposition
US /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:”
Beside
preposition
US /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading “Gyp sat down beside Fiorsen.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The one that goes like this.””
Went
noun
US /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.”
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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 “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
begin
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Gyp sat down beside Fiorsen.
centre
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From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.
Chopin
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
dancer
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From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.
down
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From this reading Gyp sat down beside Fiorsen.
Fiorsen
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
goes
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From this reading The one that goes like this.”
Gyp
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From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
heard
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From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
like
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From this reading The one that goes like this.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
Mrs
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The one that goes like this.”
piano
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From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.
please
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
room
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From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.
Rosek
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From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
sat
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From this reading Gyp sat down beside Fiorsen.
say
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From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
slid
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From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The one that goes like this.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The one that goes like this.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The one that goes like this.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She slid across to Rosek, and Gyp heard her say:
waltz
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
wants
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From this reading “Oh, Mrs. Fiorsen wants me to begin; a Chopin waltz, please.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rosek went to the piano, the little dancer to the centre of the room.