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Mr. Scarborough's Family
Mr. Scarborough's Family

Chapter XXII

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MR.
BARRY AND MR.
JUNIPER.
The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
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Mr. Scarborough's Family

Chapter XXII

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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MR.
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BARRY AND MR.
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JUNIPER.
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The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
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"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

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

From this reading “The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.”

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all

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading BARRY AND MR.

anticipating

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

BARRY

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From this reading BARRY AND MR.

Bolsover

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

Carroll

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

fifty

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

fortunes

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

Georgina

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

get

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

home

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

hundred

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

husbands

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

intense

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

joy

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

JUNIPER

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From this reading JUNIPER.

matrimony

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

MR

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From this reading MR.

Mrs

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

once

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

pleasures

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

pound

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

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

From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

said

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

Terrace

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From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

three

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From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.