Chapter XII
Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching. He turned in with a beating heart. Was he before her? How would she come to this first dance? With Oliver alone?
The Dark Flower
Chapter XII
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Here
was
the
place
with
red-striped
awning,
carriages
driving
away,
loiterers
watching.
He
turned
in
with
a
beating
heart.
Was
he
before
her?
How
would
she
come
to
this
first
dance?
With
Oliver
alone?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Here
was
the
place
with
red-striped
awning,
carriages
driving
away,
loiterers
watching.
Line 2
He
turned
in
with
a
beating
heart.
Line 3
Was
he
before
her?
/wɑːz hiː bɪˈfɔːr hɜːr/
Line 4
How
would
she
come
to
this
first
dance?
Line 5
With
Oliver
alone?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Alone
noun
US /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With Oliver alone?”
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Was he before her?”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How would she come to this first dance?”
First
noun
US /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How would she come to this first dance?”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “How would she come to this first dance?”
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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 He turned in with a beating heart.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With Oliver alone?
away
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
awning
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
beating
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From this reading He turned in with a beating heart.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Was he before her?
carriages
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How would she come to this first dance?
dance
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driving
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How would she come to this first dance?
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned in with a beating heart.
heart
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From this reading He turned in with a beating heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Was he before her?
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
How
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From this reading How would she come to this first dance?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He turned in with a beating heart.
loiterers
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
Oliver
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From this reading With Oliver alone?
place
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
red-striped
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How would she come to this first dance?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How would she come to this first dance?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How would she come to this first dance?
turned
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From this reading He turned in with a beating heart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
watching
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From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here was the place with red-striped awning, carriages driving away, loiterers watching.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How would she come to this first dance?