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The Pauper of Park Lane
The Pauper of Park Lane

Chapter VI

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"Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?
The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.
Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"
"Yes.
I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Pauper of Park Lane

Chapter VI

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?
Line 2
The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.
Line 3
Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"
Line 4
"Yes.
Line 5
I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

Same noun US /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."”

Sudden noun US /sudden/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"”

Suddenly noun US /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.”

All words in this reading · 39

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addressed

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

Belgrade

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?

Charlie

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From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

conjecture

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From this reading "Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?

day

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

disappearance

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From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

DoctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

Grand

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

Hotel

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

how

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From this reading "Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

letter

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

otherwise

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From this reading "Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?

samenounUS /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

sending

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From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

suddennounUS /sudden/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

telling

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From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

Well

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From this reading "Well--how can I conjecture otherwise?

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

word

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From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading The Doctor would never have left suddenly without sending word to me.

written

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From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"

wrote

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From this reading I wrote the same day that you told me, and addressed the letter to the Grand Hotel, at Belgrade."

Yes

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From this reading "Yes.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Have you written to Charlie telling him of the sudden disappearance?"