Chapter XVII
“To say good-by,” I said, approaching him. It had fallen dark already. “Good-by? No. The carpenter must have a day at least.” Carpenter!
Romance
Chapter XVII
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“To
say
good-by,”
I
said,
approaching
him.
It
had
fallen
dark
already.
“Good-by?
No.
The
carpenter
must
have
a
day
at
least.”
Carpenter!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
“To
say
good-by,”
I
said,
approaching
him.
Line 2
It
had
fallen
dark
already.
Line 3
“Good-by?
Line 4
No.
The
carpenter
must
have
a
day
at
least.”
Line 5
Carpenter!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Already
noun
US /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It had fallen dark already.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “No. The carpenter must have a day at least.””
Least
noun
US /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No. The carpenter must have a day at least.””
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “No. The carpenter must have a day at least.””
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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 No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had fallen dark already.
approaching
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From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
carpenter
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From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
dark
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From this reading It had fallen dark already.
day
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From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
fallen
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From this reading It had fallen dark already.
good-by
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From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had fallen dark already.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had fallen dark already.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
said
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From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.
say
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From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No. The carpenter must have a day at least.”
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To say good-by,” I said, approaching him.