Chapter II
"Then allow me to pay you my compliments. These were picked up here." "But where?" I cried. "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
That Affair Next Door
Chapter II
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"Then
allow
me
to
pay
you
my
compliments.
These
were
picked
up
here."
"But
where?"
I
cried.
"I
thought
I
had
looked
this
carpet
well
over."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Then
allow
me
to
pay
you
my
compliments.
Line 2
These
were
picked
up
here."
Line 3
"But
where?"
/bʌt wer/
Line 4
I
cried.
/aɪ cried/
Line 5
"I
thought
I
had
looked
this
carpet
well
over."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I cried.”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “These were picked up here."”
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I thought I had looked this carpet well over."”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “"I thought I had looked this carpet well over."”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These were picked up here."”
Thought
noun
US /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I thought I had looked this carpet well over."”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I thought I had looked this carpet well over."”
All words in this reading · 24
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allow
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From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But where?"
carpet
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From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
compliments
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From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cried.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These were picked up here."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
pay
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From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
picked
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From this reading These were picked up here."
Then
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From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These were picked up here."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.
up
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From this reading These were picked up here."
well
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From this reading "I thought I had looked this carpet well over."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These were picked up here."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "But where?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then allow me to pay you my compliments.