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The Survivor
The Survivor

Chapter XXIX

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DAVID AND JOAN "Joan."
"Well, David?"
"You have had your way with me.
I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.
Now I am ready to go.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Survivor

Chapter XXIX

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
DAVID AND JOAN "Joan."
Line 2
"Well, David?"
Line 3
"You have had your way with me.
Line 4
I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.
Line 5
Now I am ready to go.

Learner Dictionary

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

Drink noun US /drink/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"You have had your way with me.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well, David?"”

All words in this reading · 23

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Now I am ready to go.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading DAVID AND JOAN "Joan."

bring

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From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

DAVID

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From this reading DAVID AND JOAN "Joan."

drink

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From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

eat

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From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

go

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From this reading Now I am ready to go.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "You have had your way with me.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "You have had your way with me.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

JOAN

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From this reading DAVID AND JOAN "Joan."

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading "You have had your way with me.

Now

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From this reading Now I am ready to go.

ready

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From this reading Now I am ready to go.

suffered

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From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I have suffered you to bring me here, to make me eat and drink.

way

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From this reading "You have had your way with me.

Well

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From this reading "Well, David?"

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "You have had your way with me.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You have had your way with me.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You have had your way with me.