Chapter XXIII
GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried: "What! Tired of my company already? That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding. Gautran!
The House of the White Shadows
Chapter XXIII
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GAUTRAN
FINDS
A
REFUGE
When
John
Vanbrugh
found
himself
alone
he
cried:
"What!
Tired
of
my
company
already?
That
is
a
fine
compliment
to
pay
to
a
gentleman
of
my
breeding.
Gautran!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
GAUTRAN
FINDS
A
REFUGE
When
John
Vanbrugh
found
himself
alone
he
cried:
Line 2
"What!
/wʌt/
Line 3
Tired
of
my
company
already?
Line 4
That
is
a
fine
compliment
to
pay
to
a
gentleman
of
my
breeding.
Line 5
Gautran!
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 “GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:”
Already
noun
US /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tired of my company already?”
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:”
Fine
noun
US /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.”
Found
noun
US /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:”
Gentleman
noun
US /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.”
Himself
pronoun
US /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:”
John
noun
US /john/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:”
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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 GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tired of my company already?
breeding
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From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
company
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From this reading Tired of my company already?
compliment
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From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
FINDS
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From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
GAUTRAN
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From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
John
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From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Tired of my company already?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tired of my company already?
pay
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From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
REFUGE
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From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
Tired
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From this reading Tired of my company already?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That is a fine compliment to pay to a gentleman of my breeding.
Vanbrugh
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From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried:
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What!
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE When John Vanbrugh found himself alone he cried: