Chapter VII
“I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?” Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner. “Not like him?” Thomson repeated. “Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?”
The Kingdom of the Blind
Chapter VII
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“I
wonder
why
you
don’t
like
Captain
Granet?”
Geraldine
asked
her
fiance,
as
they
stood
in
the
drawing-room
waiting
for
dinner.
“Not
like
him?”
Thomson
repeated.
“Have
I
really
given
you
that
impression,
Geraldine?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“I
wonder
why
you
don’t
like
Captain
Granet?”
Line 2
Geraldine
asked
her
fiance,
as
they
stood
in
the
drawing-room
waiting
for
dinner.
Line 3
“Not
like
him?”
Line 4
Thomson
repeated.
Line 5
“Have
I
really
given
you
that
impression,
Geraldine?”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Asked
noun
US /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.”
Captain
noun
US /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?””
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?””
Repeated
noun
US /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thomson repeated.”
Stood
noun
US /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.”
Waiting
noun
US /ˈwaiting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.”
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”
dinner
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From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
don't
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drawing-room
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From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
fiance
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From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
Geraldine
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From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
given
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From this reading “Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?”
Granet
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From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Not like him?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”
impression
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From this reading “Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
like
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From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not like him?”
really
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From this reading “Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?”
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thomson repeated.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Have I really given you that impression, Geraldine?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
Thomson
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From this reading Thomson repeated.
waiting
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From this reading Geraldine asked her fiance, as they stood in the drawing-room waiting for dinner.
why
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From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”
wonder
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From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I wonder why you don’t like Captain Granet?”