Chapter XXIII
“Money?” Mitchy smiled. “A handsome present.” They were face to face again with more mute interchange. “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
The Awkward Age
Chapter XXIII
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“Money?”
Mitchy
smiled.
“A
handsome
present.”
They
were
face
to
face
again
with
more
mute
interchange.
“She
doesn’t
want
HIM
to
have
lost--!”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Money?”
Line 2
Mitchy
smiled.
Line 3
“A
handsome
present.”
Line 4
They
were
face
to
face
again
with
more
mute
interchange.
Line 5
“She
doesn’t
want
HIM
to
have
lost--!”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They were face to face again with more mute interchange.”
Handsome
noun
US /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““A handsome present.””
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!””
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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 “A handsome present.”
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
doesn't
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From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
face
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From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A handsome present.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
HIMpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
interchange
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From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
lost
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From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
Mitchy
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From this reading Mitchy smiled.
Money
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From this reading “Money?”
more
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From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
mute
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From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
present
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From this reading “A handsome present.”
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
smiled
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From this reading Mitchy smiled.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
want
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From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.