Chapter III
“Oh, well, off we went! We had a carriage to ourselves. I was glad. I thought she might talk.” “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
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“Oh,
well,
off
we
went!
We
had
a
carriage
to
ourselves.
I
was
glad.
I
thought
she
might
talk.”
“And
you
always
tried
to
make
her
talk,”
said
Miss
Howe
softly.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Oh,
well,
off
we
went!
Line 2
We
had
a
carriage
to
ourselves.
Line 3
I
was
glad.
Line 4
I
thought
she
might
talk.”
Line 5
“And
you
always
tried
to
make
her
talk,”
said
Miss
Howe
softly.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.”
Might
modal verb
US /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I thought she might talk.””
Ourselves
pronoun
US /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “We had a carriage to ourselves.”
Thought
noun
US /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought she might talk.””
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Oh, well, off we went!”
Went
noun
US /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Oh, well, off we went!”
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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 We had a carriage to ourselves.
always
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From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
carriage
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From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
glad
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From this reading I was glad.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
Howe
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From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was glad.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
Miss
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From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
off
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From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
said
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From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
softly
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From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
talk
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From this reading I thought she might talk.”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
tried
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From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was glad.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
well
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From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.