Chapter III
Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly. Porthos ordered more wine. “To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan. “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.” “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
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Athos
bowed,
and
all
four
friends
caressed
each
other
warmly.
Porthos
ordered
more
wine.
“To
your
plan,”
cried
D’Artagnan.
“The
night
wanes
and
the
playhouse
opens
its
doors
ere
long.”
“We
must
be
there
at
the
rise
of
the
curtain.
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Line 1
Athos
bowed,
and
all
four
friends
caressed
each
other
warmly.
Line 2
Porthos
ordered
more
wine.
Line 3
“To
your
plan,”
cried
D’Artagnan.
Line 4
“The
night
wanes
and
the
playhouse
opens
its
doors
ere
long.”
Line 5
“We
must
be
there
at
the
rise
of
the
curtain.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan.”
Ere
conjunction
US /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading ““The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.””
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.””
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““We must be there at the rise of the curtain.”
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
Athos
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
bowed
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
caressed
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan.
curtain
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From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
D'Artagnan
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From this reading “To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan.
doors
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From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
four
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
friends
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
more
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From this reading Porthos ordered more wine.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
night
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From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
opens
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From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
ordered
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From this reading Porthos ordered more wine.
other
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
plan
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From this reading “To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan.
playhouse
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From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
Porthos
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From this reading Porthos ordered more wine.
rise
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From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
there
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From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan.
wanes
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From this reading “The night wanes and the playhouse opens its doors ere long.”
warmly
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From this reading Athos bowed, and all four friends caressed each other warmly.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We must be there at the rise of the curtain.
wine
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From this reading Porthos ordered more wine.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To your plan,” cried D’Artagnan.