Chapter XXXVI
NEXT MORNING. "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?" There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home. "Have I? I have amused myself very much.
Sir Tom
Chapter XXXVI
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NEXT
MORNING.
"You
have
news
to
tell
me,
Bice
mia?"
There
was
a
faint
daylight
in
the
streets,
a
blueness
of
dawn
as
the
ladies
drove
home.
"Have
I?
I
have
amused
myself
very
much.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
NEXT
MORNING.
/next morning/
Line 2
"You
have
news
to
tell
me,
Bice
mia?"
Line 3
There
was
a
faint
daylight
in
the
streets,
a
blueness
of
dawn
as
the
ladies
drove
home.
Line 4
"Have
I?
/hæv aɪ/
Line 5
I
have
amused
myself
very
much.
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 “"You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"”
MORNING
noun
US /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NEXT MORNING.”
Myself
pronoun
US /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I have amused myself very much.”
NEXT
noun
US /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NEXT MORNING.”
Tell
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"”
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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 There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
amused
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From this reading I have amused myself very much.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
Bice
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From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
blueness
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
dawn
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
daylight
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
drove
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
faint
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
home
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Have I?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
ladies
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
mia
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From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
MORNINGnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NEXT MORNING.
much
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From this reading I have amused myself very much.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I have amused myself very much.
news
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From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
NEXTnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NEXT MORNING.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
streets
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
There
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From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"
very
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From this reading I have amused myself very much.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a faint daylight in the streets, a blueness of dawn as the ladies drove home.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have news to tell me, Bice mia?"