Chapter III
DEARTH. You know. I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly. ALICE. I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
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Chapter III
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DEARTH.
You
know.
I
felt
that
Purdie
must
have
delivered
your
message
wrongly.
ALICE.
I
want
you
to
come
with
us
on
this
mysterious
walk
and
keep
an
eye
on
Lob.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
DEARTH.
Line 2
You
know.
/juː know/
Line 3
I
felt
that
Purdie
must
have
delivered
your
message
wrongly.
Line 4
ALICE.
Line 5
I
want
you
to
come
with
us
on
this
mysterious
walk
and
keep
an
eye
on
Lob.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know.”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.”
Mysterious
adjective
US /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading “I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.”
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ALICE
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From this reading ALICE.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
DEARTH
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From this reading DEARTH.
delivered
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From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
eye
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From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
felt
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From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
keep
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From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You know.
Lob
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From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
message
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From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
Purdie
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From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
walk
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From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
want
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From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I want you to come with us on this mysterious walk and keep an eye on Lob.
wrongly
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From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I felt that Purdie must have delivered your message wrongly.