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Miss Crespigny
Miss Crespigny

Chapter XII

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A VISITOR.
In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.
She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.
She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.
She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Miss Crespigny

Chapter XII

Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A VISITOR.
Line 2
In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.
Line 3
She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.
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She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.
Line 5
She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

Learner Dictionary

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

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.”

Everything pronoun US /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.”

Herself pronoun US /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.”

However adverb US /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading “In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.”

Meantime noun US /ˈmiːntaɪm/

the period of time while something else is happening

From this reading “In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.”

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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 A VISITOR.

admiration

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

agreeable

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

appertaining

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

attractive

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

children

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From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

enjoyed

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

explored

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From this reading She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.

fishermen

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From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

friends

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From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

girlish

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

hostesses

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

interest

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

made

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

meantimenounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/

the period of time while something else is happening

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

much

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

Pen'yllan

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

Pen'yllanites

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

pretty

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

rude

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From this reading She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

shore

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From this reading She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.

side

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.

sturdy

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From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

tiny

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From this reading She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

very

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

village

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From this reading She explored the tiny village, and the rude shore.

VISITOR

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From this reading A VISITOR.

way

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From this reading In the meantime, however, she made herself very agreeable and attractive to her hostesses, and enjoyed Pen’yllan very much, in a girlish way.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

wives

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From this reading She made friends with fishermen, and their wives, and sturdy children.

won

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From this reading She won admiration on every side by her pretty interest in everything appertaining to the Pen’yllanites.