Chapter I
“There’s ingratitude for you!” Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly. “Where!” I asked, rousing myself from meditation. She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
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Chapter I
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“There’s
ingratitude
for
you!”
Miss
Dolly
Foster
exclaimed
suddenly.
“Where!”
I
asked,
rousing
myself
from
meditation.
She
pointed
to
a
young
man
who
had
just
passed
where
we
sat.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“There’s
ingratitude
for
you!”
Line 2
Miss
Dolly
Foster
exclaimed
suddenly.
Line 3
“Where!”
/wer/
Line 4
I
asked,
rousing
myself
from
meditation.
Line 5
She
pointed
to
a
young
man
who
had
just
passed
where
we
sat.
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 “I asked, rousing myself from meditation.”
Myself
pronoun
US /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I asked, rousing myself from meditation.”
Passed
noun
US /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.”
Suddenly
noun
US /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.”
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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 She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
Dolly
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From this reading Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
exclaimed
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From this reading Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “There’s ingratitude for you!”
Foster
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From this reading Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
ingratitude
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From this reading “There’s ingratitude for you!”
just
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From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
man
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From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
meditation
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From this reading I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
pointed
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From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
rousing
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From this reading I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
sat
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From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
There's
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From this reading “There’s ingratitude for you!”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where!”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There’s ingratitude for you!”
young
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From this reading She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat.