Chapter XII
The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke. Night was drawing near. “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask. “No.” “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
The Land of the Changing Sun
Chapter XII
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The
sunlight
was
fading
into
gray
when
the
princess
turned
to
leave
Thorndyke.
Night
was
drawing
near.
“Have
they
assigned
you
a
chamber
yet?”
she
paused
to
ask.
“No.”
“Then
they
have
overlooked
it;
I
shall
remind
the
king.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
The
sunlight
was
fading
into
gray
when
the
princess
turned
to
leave
Thorndyke.
Line 2
Night
was
drawing
near.
Line 3
“Have
they
assigned
you
a
chamber
yet?”
she
paused
to
ask.
Line 4
“No.”
/noʊ/
Line 5
“Then
they
have
overlooked
it;
I
shall
remind
the
king.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.”
Princess
noun
US /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.””
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.”
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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 “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
ask
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From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
assigned
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chamber
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From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
drawing
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From this reading Night was drawing near.
fading
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From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
gray
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From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
king
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leave
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From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
near
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From this reading Night was drawing near.
Night
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From this reading Night was drawing near.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No.”
overlooked
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paused
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From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
princessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
remind
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From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
sunlight
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From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
Then
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From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
Thorndyke
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From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
turned
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From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.