Chapter I
“Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along! We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact! Hurry up! Jump, Marquis! That’s it!
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Chapter I
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“Come,
Deputy
of
the
Centre,
come
along!
We
shall
have
to
mend
our
pace
if
we
mean
to
sit
down
to
dinner
when
every
one
else
does,
and
that’s
a
fact!
Hurry
up!
Jump,
Marquis!
That’s
it!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Come,
Deputy
of
the
Centre,
come
along!
Line 2
We
shall
have
to
mend
our
pace
if
we
mean
to
sit
down
to
dinner
when
every
one
else
does,
and
that’s
a
fact!
Line 3
Hurry
up!
Line 4
Jump,
Marquis!
Line 5
That’s
it!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Along
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ““Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!”
Every
determiner
US /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!”
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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 We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
Centre
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From this reading “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!
Deputy
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From this reading “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!
dinner
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
down
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
else
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
fact
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
Hurry
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From this reading Hurry up!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That’s it!
Jump
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From this reading Jump, Marquis!
Marquis
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From this reading Jump, Marquis!
mean
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
mend
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
pace
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
sit
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
that's
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From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
up
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From this reading Hurry up!
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact!