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Guilty Bonds
Guilty Bonds

Chapter I

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Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.
________________________________________________________________________ GUILTY BONDS, BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX.
CHAPTER ONE.
THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.
"Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Guilty Bonds

Chapter I

Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.
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________________________________________________________________________ GUILTY BONDS, BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX.
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CHAPTER ONE.
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THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.
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"Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “"Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."”

ONE pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”

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anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading "Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."

BEDFORD

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From this reading THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.

Bonds

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From this reading Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.

Burgoyne

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From this reading "Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."

Guilty

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From this reading Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.

hand

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From this reading "Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Come, have another hand, Burgoyne."

Le

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From this reading Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.

MYSTERY

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From this reading THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.

ONEpronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

PLACE

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From this reading THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.

Queux

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From this reading Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE MYSTERY OF BEDFORD PLACE.

William

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From this reading Guilty Bonds, by William Le Queux.