Chapter II
ALGERNON. Certainly, Aunt Augusta. [Goes over to tea-table.] LADY BRACKNELL. Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
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Chapter II
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ALGERNON.
Certainly,
Aunt
Augusta.
[Goes
over
to
tea-table.]
LADY
BRACKNELL.
Won’t
you
come
and
sit
here,
Gwendolen?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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ALGERNON.
Line 2
Certainly,
Aunt
Augusta.
Line 3
[Goes
over
to
tea-table.]
Line 4
LADY
BRACKNELL.
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Won’t
you
come
and
sit
here,
Gwendolen?
Learner Dictionary
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Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “[Goes over to tea-table.]”
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ALGERNON
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From this reading ALGERNON.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
Augusta
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From this reading Certainly, Aunt Augusta.
Aunt
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From this reading Certainly, Aunt Augusta.
BRACKNELL
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From this reading LADY BRACKNELL.
Certainly
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From this reading Certainly, Aunt Augusta.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
Goes
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From this reading [Goes over to tea-table.]
Gwendolen
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From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
LADY
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From this reading LADY BRACKNELL.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading [Goes over to tea-table.]
sit
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From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
tea-table
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From this reading [Goes over to tea-table.]
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Goes over to tea-table.]
Won't
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From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Won’t you come and sit here, Gwendolen?