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“Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.” “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot. “She has good taste, hasn’t she? Eh?” Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““She has good taste, hasn’t she?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““She has good taste, hasn’t she?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.””
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading ““She has good taste, hasn’t she?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
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From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
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From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eh?”
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From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She has good taste, hasn’t she?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has good taste, hasn’t she?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She has good taste, hasn’t she?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She has good taste, hasn’t she?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “She has good taste, hasn’t she?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here,” Vautrin called down to him, “come and take a bottle of my Bordeaux.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Vautrin, Father Goriot, and Rastignac came downstairs in company, and, all three of them being late, were obliged to sit together.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you think your watch is pretty?” asked Goriot.
