Chapter XXI
“Where is my wife?” “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.” “She didn’t wire me?” “No, sir.” “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
The Mayor's Wife
Chapter XXI
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“Where
is
my
wife?”
“Sleeping,
sir,
after
a
day
of
exhausting
emotion.”
“She
didn’t
wire
me?”
“No,
sir.”
“Perhaps
she
wasn’t
able?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Where
is
my
wife?”
Line 2
“Sleeping,
sir,
after
a
day
of
exhausting
emotion.”
Line 3
“She
didn’t
wire
me?”
Line 4
“No,
sir.”
Line 5
“Perhaps
she
wasn’t
able?”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
After
preposition
US /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading ““Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.””
Perhaps
noun
US /perhaps/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps she wasn’t able?””
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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 “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
able
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From this reading “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
day
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From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
didn't
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From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
emotion
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From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
exhausting
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From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, sir.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
Perhaps
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From this reading “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
sir
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From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
Sleeping
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From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
wasn't
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From this reading “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
wife
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From this reading “Where is my wife?”
wire
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From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”