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Chapter XXII

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SUSAN.
And why, you ask, am I merry?
GERVASE.
Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
Why are you merry?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Second Plays

Chapter XXII

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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SUSAN.
Line 2
And why, you ask, am I merry?
Line 3
GERVASE.
Line 4
Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
Line 5
Why are you merry?

Learner Dictionary

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

Merry noun US /merry/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And why, you ask, am I merry?”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.”

All words in this reading · 17

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Why are you merry?

ask

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From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.

didn't

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From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.

GERVASE

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From this reading GERVASE.

going

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IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?

just

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merry

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From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?

SUSAN

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From this reading SUSAN.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.

Well

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From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.

why

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From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?