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Blind Love
Blind Love

Chapter XXXIII

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GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.
"Are you angry with me?" she asked.
"I ought to be angry with you," he said.
"This is a very imprudent, Iris."
"It's worse than that," she confessed.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Blind Love

Chapter XXXIII

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.
Line 2
"Are you angry with me?" she asked.
Line 3
"I ought to be angry with you," he said.
Line 4
"This is a very imprudent, Iris."
Line 5
"It's worse than that," she confessed.

Learner Dictionary

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

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Are you angry with me?" she asked.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.”

Ought modal verb US /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading “"I ought to be angry with you," he said.”

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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 "This is a very imprudent, Iris."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

angry

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From this reading "Are you angry with me?" she asked.

Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading "Are you angry with me?" she asked.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Are you angry with me?" she asked.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading "I ought to be angry with you," he said.

confessed

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From this reading "It's worse than that," she confessed.

entreaty

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

eyes

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

GOOD-BYE

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

HARRY

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "I ought to be angry with you," he said.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "I ought to be angry with you," he said.

imprudent

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From this reading "This is a very imprudent, Iris."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

IRIS

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "This is a very imprudent, Iris."

It's

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From this reading "It's worse than that," she confessed.

LADY

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

lifted

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Are you angry with me?" she asked.

Mountjoy

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading "I ought to be angry with you," he said.

sad

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

said

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From this reading "I ought to be angry with you," he said.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading "Are you angry with me?" she asked.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading "It's worse than that," she confessed.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "It's worse than that," she confessed.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "This is a very imprudent, Iris."

TOparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

veil

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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

very

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From this reading "This is a very imprudent, Iris."

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading GOOD-BYE TO IRIS LADY HARRY lifted her veil, and looked at Mountjoy with sad entreaty in her eyes.

worse

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From this reading "It's worse than that," she confessed.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Are you angry with me?" she asked.