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Red Pepper Burns
Red Pepper Burns

Chapter XIV

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Context Illustration Reading 1/44 · 5 lines
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“Hades of Hymen!
Red, are you making calls this morning?”
“Why not?
I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
“I say, take me with you, will you?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Red Pepper Burns

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Hades of Hymen!
Line 2
Red, are you making calls this morning?”
Line 3
“Why not?
Line 4
I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
Line 5
“I say, take me with you, will you?

Learner Dictionary

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

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Red, are you making calls this morning?””

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““I say, take me with you, will you?”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “I'm not to be married till noon, am I?””

All words in this reading · 25

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

calls

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From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”

Hades

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From this reading “Hades of Hymen!

Hymen

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From this reading “Hades of Hymen!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

I'm

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From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

making

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From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”

married

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From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”

noon

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From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “Why not?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Hades of Hymen!

Red

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From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”

say

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From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”

Why

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From this reading “Why not?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”