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The Creators: A Comedy
The Creators: A Comedy

Chapter III

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"Do you like taking care of me?"
Rose was silent again.
She turned suddenly away.
It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
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The Creators: A Comedy

Chapter III

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Do you like taking care of me?"
Line 2
Rose was silent again.
Line 3
She turned suddenly away.
Line 4
It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
Line 5
By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

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 “Rose was silent again.”

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.”

Second noun US /second/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.”

Suddenly noun US /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “She turned suddenly away.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.”

Wondered noun US /wondered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.”

All words in this reading · 39

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againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Rose was silent again.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

away

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From this reading She turned suddenly away.

brush

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

care

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From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"

day

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

eighth

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

enough

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

hair

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

like

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From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"

own

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

Rose

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From this reading Rose was silent again.

second

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From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She turned suddenly away.

silent

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From this reading Rose was silent again.

strong

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading She turned suddenly away.

taking

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From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"

Tanqueray

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

turned

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From this reading She turned suddenly away.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Rose was silent again.

wash

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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.

why

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From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

wonderednounUS /wondered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"