Chapter XIV
‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’ ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan. Susan turns crimson. That basket! She knows it well.
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Chapter XIV
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‘O,
coward
conscience,
how
dost
thou
afflict
me!’
‘For
you,
miss,’
says
she,
handing
the
basket
to
Susan.
Susan
turns
crimson.
That
basket!
She
knows
it
well.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
‘O,
coward
conscience,
how
dost
thou
afflict
me!’
Line 2
‘For
you,
miss,’
says
she,
handing
the
basket
to
Susan.
Line 3
Susan
turns
crimson.
Line 4
That
basket!
Line 5
She
knows
it
well.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Conscience
noun
US /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading “‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’”
Dost
auxiliary verb
US /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She knows it well.”
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afflict
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basket
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consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading ‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’
coward
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crimson
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From this reading Susan turns crimson.
dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading ‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan.
handing
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how
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She knows it well.
knows
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From this reading She knows it well.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’
miss
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O
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says
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan.
Susan
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From this reading ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That basket!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading ‘O, coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!’
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan.
turns
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From this reading Susan turns crimson.
well
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From this reading She knows it well.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘For you, miss,’ says she, handing the basket to Susan.