Chapter X
“Ah, you did go? That was quite right—jolly right.” “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.” “Ah, she wrote to you to come?” The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
The Princess Casamassima (Volume 1 of 2)
Chapter X
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“Ah,
you
did
go?
That
was
quite
right—jolly
right.”
“I
went
because
she
very
kindly
wrote
me
to
come.”
“Ah,
she
wrote
to
you
to
come?”
The
Captain
fixed
him
a
moment
with
his
curious
colourless
eyes.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Ah,
you
did
go?
Line 2
That
was
quite
right—jolly
right.”
Line 3
“I
went
because
she
very
kindly
wrote
me
to
come.”
Line 4
“Ah,
she
wrote
to
you
to
come?”
Line 5
The
Captain
fixed
him
a
moment
with
his
curious
colourless
eyes.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Because
conjunction
US /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading ““I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.””
Captain
noun
US /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.””
Quite
noun
US /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That was quite right—jolly right.””
Right
noun
US /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That was quite right—jolly right.””
Went
noun
US /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.””
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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 The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
Ah
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From this reading “Ah, you did go?
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
colourless
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From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
curious
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From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Ah, you did go?
eyes
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From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
fixed
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From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
go
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From this reading “Ah, you did go?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
jolly
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From this reading That was quite right—jolly right.”
kindly
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From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
moment
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From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was quite right—jolly right.”
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was quite right—jolly right.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was quite right—jolly right.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
very
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From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was quite right—jolly right.”
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Captain fixed him a moment with his curious colourless eyes.
wrote
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From this reading “I went because she very kindly wrote me to come.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ah, you did go?