Chapter XXII
“Oh! Megan! Why did you come?” She looked up, hurt, amazed. “Sir, you asked me to.”
Five Tales
Chapter XXII
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“Oh!
Megan!
Why
did
you
come?”
She
looked
up,
hurt,
amazed.
“Sir,
you
asked
me
to.”
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“Oh!
Line 2
Megan!
Line 3
Why
did
you
come?”
Line 4
She
looked
up,
hurt,
amazed.
Line 5
“Sir,
you
asked
me
to.”
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 ““Sir, you asked me to.””
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why did you come?””
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked up, hurt, amazed.”
All words in this reading · 15
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amazed
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From this reading She looked up, hurt, amazed.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir, you asked me to.”
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why did you come?”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did you come?”
hurt
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From this reading She looked up, hurt, amazed.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked up, hurt, amazed.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Sir, you asked me to.”
Megan
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From this reading Megan!
Oh
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From this reading “Oh!
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked up, hurt, amazed.
Sir
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From this reading “Sir, you asked me to.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Sir, you asked me to.”
up
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From this reading She looked up, hurt, amazed.
Why
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From this reading Why did you come?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why did you come?”