Chapter IV
BLACKMORE And you never cared about him? MRS. HOLROYD Yes, I did. I did care about him. I wanted to be a wife to him.
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Chapter IV
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BLACKMORE
And
you
never
cared
about
him?
MRS.
HOLROYD
Yes,
I
did.
I
did
care
about
him.
I
wanted
to
be
a
wife
to
him.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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BLACKMORE
And
you
never
cared
about
him?
Line 2
MRS.
Line 3
HOLROYD
Yes,
I
did.
Line 4
I
did
care
about
him.
Line 5
I
wanted
to
be
a
wife
to
him.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
About
preposition
US /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?”
All words in this reading · 18
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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 I wanted to be a wife to him.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I wanted to be a wife to him.
BLACKMORE
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From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?
care
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From this reading I did care about him.
cared
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From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading HOLROYD Yes, I did.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?
HOLROYD
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From this reading HOLROYD Yes, I did.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOLROYD Yes, I did.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wanted to be a wife to him.
wanted
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From this reading I wanted to be a wife to him.
wife
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From this reading I wanted to be a wife to him.
Yes
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From this reading HOLROYD Yes, I did.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BLACKMORE And you never cared about him?