Chapter XI
"Have there been any callers lately?" I asked. "Has a lady been here?" "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp." "And has she been here lately?"
The Price of Power
Chapter XI
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"Have
there
been
any
callers
lately?"
I
asked.
"Has
a
lady
been
here?"
"Only
one
lady
ever
calls,
sir--a
foreign
lady
named
Gottorp."
"And
has
she
been
here
lately?"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Have
there
been
any
callers
lately?"
Line 2
I
asked.
/aɪ asked/
Line 3
"Has
a
lady
been
here?"
Line 4
"Only
one
lady
ever
calls,
sir--a
foreign
lady
named
Gottorp."
Line 5
"And
has
she
been
here
lately?"
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 “I asked.”
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"Have there been any callers lately?"”
Ever
noun
US /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."”
Has
auxiliary verb
US /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"Has a lady been here?"”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Have there been any callers lately?"”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Has a lady been here?"”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."”
All words in this reading · 22
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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 "Has a lady been here?"
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And has she been here lately?"
any
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From this reading "Have there been any callers lately?"
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Have there been any callers lately?"
callers
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From this reading "Have there been any callers lately?"
calls
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From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
foreign
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From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
Gottorp
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From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Has a lady been here?"
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have there been any callers lately?"
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Has a lady been here?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
lady
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From this reading "Has a lady been here?"
lately
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From this reading "Have there been any callers lately?"
named
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From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
Only
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From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And has she been here lately?"
sir
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From this reading "Only one lady ever calls, sir--a foreign lady named Gottorp."
there
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From this reading "Have there been any callers lately?"