Chapter XXXVI
“Well--Madame Combabus!” “And what are you to get for such a job?” “Guess.” “A service of plate?” “I have three.”
Cousin Betty
Chapter XXXVI
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“Well--Madame
Combabus!”
“And
what
are
you
to
get
for
such
a
job?”
“Guess.”
“A
service
of
plate?”
“I
have
three.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Well--Madame
Combabus!”
Line 2
“And
what
are
you
to
get
for
such
a
job?”
Line 3
“Guess.”
Line 4
“A
service
of
plate?”
Line 5
“I
have
three.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I have three.””
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well--Madame Combabus!””
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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 “And what are you to get for such a job?”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
Combabus
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From this reading “Well--Madame Combabus!”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
get
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From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
Guess
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From this reading “Guess.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have three.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have three.”
job
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From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
Madame
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From this reading “Well--Madame Combabus!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “A service of plate?”
plate
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From this reading “A service of plate?”
service
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From this reading “A service of plate?”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
three
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From this reading “I have three.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
Well
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From this reading “Well--Madame Combabus!”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”