Chapter XVI
ALARMS. “Have you a headache, my dear? I am sure you have a headache. You are looking quite ghostly. Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
Cousin Mary
Chapter XVI
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ALARMS.
“Have
you
a
headache,
my
dear?
I
am
sure
you
have
a
headache.
You
are
looking
quite
ghostly.
Poor
little
thing!
you
look
as
if
you
had
not
slept
all
night.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
ALARMS.
Line 2
“Have
you
a
headache,
my
dear?
Line 3
I
am
sure
you
have
a
headache.
Line 4
You
are
looking
quite
ghostly.
Line 5
Poor
little
thing!
you
look
as
if
you
had
not
slept
all
night.”
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 ““Have you a headache, my dear?”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.””
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.””
Poor
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.””
Quite
noun
US /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You are looking quite ghostly.”
Sure
noun
US /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am sure you have a headache.”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.””
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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 “Have you a headache, my dear?
ALARMS
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From this reading ALARMS.
all
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From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sure you have a headache.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are looking quite ghostly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
dear
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From this reading “Have you a headache, my dear?
ghostly
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From this reading You are looking quite ghostly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you a headache, my dear?
headache
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From this reading “Have you a headache, my dear?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am sure you have a headache.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
looking
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From this reading You are looking quite ghostly.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Have you a headache, my dear?
night
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From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are looking quite ghostly.
slept
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From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am sure you have a headache.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor little thing! you look as if you had not slept all night.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you a headache, my dear?