Chapter III
THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow. “You should have left him alone! A wretched herd-girl!” “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.” “Psha!” said Foulque.
The Fortunes of Garin
Chapter III
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THE
NIGHTINGALE
FOULQUE
the
Cripple
listened
with
a
perturbed
brow.
“You
should
have
left
him
alone!
A
wretched
herd-girl!”
“If
I
am
to
be
knight,”
said
Garin
hotly,
“I
will
not
read
knighthood
so.”
“Psha!”
said
Foulque.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
NIGHTINGALE
FOULQUE
the
Cripple
listened
with
a
perturbed
brow.
Line 2
“You
should
have
left
him
alone!
/juː ʃʊd hæv left hɪm alone/
Line 3
A
wretched
herd-girl!”
Line 4
“If
I
am
to
be
knight,”
said
Garin
hotly,
“I
will
not
read
knighthood
so.”
Line 5
“Psha!”
said
Foulque.
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 ““You should have left him alone!”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““You should have left him alone!”
Left
noun
US /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You should have left him alone!”
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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 THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You should have left him alone!
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
brow
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From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
Cripple
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From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
FOULQUE
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From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
Garin
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From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You should have left him alone!
herd-girl
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From this reading A wretched herd-girl!”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You should have left him alone!
hotly
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From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
knight
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From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
knighthood
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From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You should have left him alone!
listened
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From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
NIGHTINGALE
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From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
perturbed
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From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
Psha
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From this reading “Psha!” said Foulque.
read
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From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
said
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From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “You should have left him alone!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “If I am to be knight,” said Garin hotly, “I will not read knighthood so.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE NIGHTINGALE FOULQUE the Cripple listened with a perturbed brow.
wretched
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From this reading A wretched herd-girl!”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You should have left him alone!