Chapter VII
"I came up Third Avenue." "Ah! and walked towards Broadway?" "Yes." "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?" "Yes."
That Affair Next Door
Chapter VII
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"I
came
up
Third
Avenue."
"Ah!
and
walked
towards
Broadway?"
"Yes."
"So
that
you
necessarily
passed
very
near
the
Van
Burnam
mansion?"
"Yes."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"I
came
up
Third
Avenue."
Line 2
"Ah!
and
walked
towards
Broadway?"
Line 3
"Yes."
Line 4
"So
that
you
necessarily
passed
very
near
the
Van
Burnam
mansion?"
Line 5
"Yes."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Passed
noun
US /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"”
Third
noun
US /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I came up Third Avenue."”
Towards
preposition
US /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading “"Ah! and walked towards Broadway?"”
All words in this reading · 22
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Ah
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From this reading "Ah! and walked towards Broadway?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ah! and walked towards Broadway?"
Avenue
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From this reading "I came up Third Avenue."
Broadway
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From this reading "Ah! and walked towards Broadway?"
Burnam
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From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
came
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From this reading "I came up Third Avenue."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I came up Third Avenue."
mansion
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From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
near
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From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
necessarily
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From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
ThirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I came up Third Avenue."
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading "Ah! and walked towards Broadway?"
up
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From this reading "I came up Third Avenue."
Van
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From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
very
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From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"
walked
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From this reading "Ah! and walked towards Broadway?"
Yes
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From this reading "Yes."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So that you necessarily passed very near the Van Burnam mansion?"