Chapter XX
SOME CLEVER TRICKS EXPLAINED. No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house. Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor. "Horace!" she cried. "Tell me it is not true.
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SOME
CLEVER
TRICKS
EXPLAINED.
No
sooner
had
Nick
uttered
these
words
than
a
loud
cry
rang
through
the
house.
Instantly
Millie
Stevens
appeared
upon
the
threshold
of
the
parlor.
"Horace!"
she
cried.
"Tell
me
it
is
not
true.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Chapter XX
Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
SOME
CLEVER
TRICKS
EXPLAINED.
Line 2
No
sooner
had
Nick
uttered
these
words
than
a
loud
cry
rang
through
the
house.
Line 3
Instantly
Millie
Stevens
appeared
upon
the
threshold
of
the
parlor.
Line 4
"Horace!"
she
cried.
Line 5
"Tell
me
it
is
not
true.
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 “"Horace!" she cried.”
Parlor
noun
US /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading “Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.”
Tell
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Tell me it is not true.”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.”
Uttered
noun
US /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.”
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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 No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
appeared
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From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
CLEVER
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From this reading SOME CLEVER TRICKS EXPLAINED.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Horace!" she cried.
cry
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
EXPLAINED
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From this reading SOME CLEVER TRICKS EXPLAINED.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
Horace
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From this reading "Horace!" she cried.
house
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
Instantly
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From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Tell me it is not true.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Tell me it is not true.
loud
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell me it is not true.
Millie
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From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
Nick
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Tell me it is not true.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
rang
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Horace!" she cried.
SOME
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From this reading SOME CLEVER TRICKS EXPLAINED.
sooner
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
Stevens
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From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
TellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tell me it is not true.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
threshold
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From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
TRICKS
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From this reading SOME CLEVER TRICKS EXPLAINED.
true
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From this reading "Tell me it is not true.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Instantly Millie Stevens appeared upon the threshold of the parlor.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.
words
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From this reading No sooner had Nick uttered these words than a loud cry rang through the house.