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For the Allinson Honor
For the Allinson Honor

Chapter XIII

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LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.
"This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.
"It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."
"What brought you over with Leonard?"
Andrew asked bluntly.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

For the Allinson Honor

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.
Line 2
"This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.
Line 3
"It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."
Line 4
"What brought you over with Leonard?"
Line 5
Andrew asked bluntly.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.”

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Andrew asked bluntly.”

Because conjunction US /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading “"It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."”

Brought noun US /ˈbrought/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “"What brought you over with Leonard?"”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.”

All words in this reading · 55

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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 "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

Andrew

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Andrew asked bluntly.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

bluntly

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From this reading Andrew asked bluntly.

broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading "What brought you over with Leonard?"

cigar

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

comfortably

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

commented

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From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

dinner

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

don't

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

ENCOURAGEMENT

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

friend

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From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

Frobisher's

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

hotel

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

house

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From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

how

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

invited

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

It's

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

Leonard

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From this reading "What brought you over with Leonard?"

like

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From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

lounging

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

LOVE'S

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

lucky

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

nice

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From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

opposite

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

put

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

sat

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

smiled

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

smoking-room

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

they'd

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

up

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From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "It's lucky he invited us, because I don't know how they'd have put us up at the hotel."

very

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From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.

Wannop

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From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What brought you over with Leonard?"

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading LOVE'S ENCOURAGEMENT It was after dinner and Wannop, lounging comfortably over his cigar in Frobisher's smoking-room, smiled at Andrew, who sat opposite.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "What brought you over with Leonard?"

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "What brought you over with Leonard?"

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "This is a very nice house and I like your friend," he commented.