Chapter IX
UBI FELICITAS? “Push, my dear Domitia, Push. Of course. What else would you have, but Push?” “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
Domitia
Chapter IX
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UBI
FELICITAS?
“Push,
my
dear
Domitia,
Push.
Of
course.
What
else
would
you
have,
but
Push?”
“But,
sweetest
mother,
that
surely
cannot
give
what
I
ask.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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UBI
FELICITAS?
Line 2
“Push,
my
dear
Domitia,
Push.
Line 3
Of
course.
/ʌv course/
Line 4
What
else
would
you
have,
but
Push?”
Line 5
“But,
sweetest
mother,
that
surely
cannot
give
what
I
ask.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Course
noun
US /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What else would you have, but Push?””
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “What else would you have, but Push?””
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ask
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From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
cannot
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From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course.
dear
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From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
Domitia
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From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
else
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From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
FELICITAS
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From this reading UBI FELICITAS?
give
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From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
mother
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From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course.
Push
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From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
surely
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From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
sweetest
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From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
UBI
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From this reading UBI FELICITAS?
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”