Chapter VI
How could she know? I wondered. Aline herself must have told her. She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural. I was puzzled.
The Bond of Black
Chapter VI
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How
could
she
know?
I
wondered.
Aline
herself
must
have
told
her.
She
uttered
a
falsehood
when
she
declared
that
she
did
not
know
the
mysterious
fair-faced
woman
whose
power
was
so
mysterious
and
unnatural.
I
was
puzzled.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
How
could
she
know?
Line 2
I
wondered.
/aɪ wondered/
Line 3
Aline
herself
must
have
told
her.
Line 4
She
uttered
a
falsehood
when
she
declared
that
she
did
not
know
the
mysterious
fair-faced
woman
whose
power
was
so
mysterious
and
unnatural.
Line 5
I
was
puzzled.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “How could she know?”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Aline herself must have told her.”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Aline herself must have told her.”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How could she know?”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Aline herself must have told her.”
Mysterious
adjective
US /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading “She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.”
Told
noun
US /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Aline herself must have told her.”
Uttered
noun
US /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.”
Whose
determiner
US /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.”
Wondered
noun
US /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wondered.”
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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 She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
Aline
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From this reading Aline herself must have told her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading How could she know?
declared
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From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
fair-faced
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From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
falsehood
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From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Aline herself must have told her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aline herself must have told her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Aline herself must have told her.
How
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From this reading How could she know?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wondered.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How could she know?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Aline herself must have told her.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
power
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From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
puzzled
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From this reading I was puzzled.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How could she know?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aline herself must have told her.
unnatural
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From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
woman
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From this reading She uttered a falsehood when she declared that she did not know the mysterious fair-faced woman whose power was so mysterious and unnatural.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wondered.