Chapter XVII
THE MAN IN THE WARDROBE. “There’s a dead man down there.” “Down where?” “In the doctor’s flat.” The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
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Chapter XVII
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THE
MAN
IN
THE
WARDROBE.
“There’s
a
dead
man
down
there.”
“Down
where?”
“In
the
doctor’s
flat.”
The
man
living
in
the
flat
above
the
one
where
Nick
Carter
had
been
assaulted
looked
up
from
the
morning
paper.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
MAN
IN
THE
WARDROBE.
Line 2
“There’s
a
dead
man
down
there.”
Line 3
“Down
where?”
Line 4
“In
the
doctor’s
flat.”
Line 5
The
man
living
in
the
flat
above
the
one
where
Nick
Carter
had
been
assaulted
looked
up
from
the
morning
paper.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Above
preposition
US /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.”
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.”
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There’s a dead man down there.””
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.”
Morning
noun
US /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.”
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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 “There’s a dead man down there.”
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
assaulted
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From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
Carter
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From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s a dead man down there.”
doctor's
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From this reading “In the doctor’s flat.”
down
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From this reading “There’s a dead man down there.”
flat
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From this reading “In the doctor’s flat.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MAN IN THE WARDROBE.
living
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From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
MAN
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From this reading THE MAN IN THE WARDROBE.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
Nick
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From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
paper
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From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN IN THE WARDROBE.
there
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From this reading “There’s a dead man down there.”
There's
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From this reading “There’s a dead man down there.”
up
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From this reading The man living in the flat above the one where Nick Carter had been assaulted looked up from the morning paper.
WARDROBE
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From this reading THE MAN IN THE WARDROBE.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Down where?”