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To Let

Chapter II

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Context Illustration Reading 1/84 · 5 lines
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"Well, have you had enough?"
"One more, Father, please."
She would be sick!
He went to the counter to pay.
When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.
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To Let

Chapter II

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Well, have you had enough?"
Line 2
"One more, Father, please."
Line 3
She would be sick!
Line 4
He went to the counter to pay.
Line 5
When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"Well, have you had enough?"”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “"One more, Father, please."”

Standing noun US /ˈstanding/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well, have you had enough?"”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He went to the counter to pay.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “She would be sick!”

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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 When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading She would be sick!

boy

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

counter

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From this reading He went to the counter to pay.

door

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

enough

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From this reading "Well, have you had enough?"

evidently

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

Father

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From this reading "One more, Father, please."

Fleur

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading "Well, have you had enough?"

handed

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

handkerchief

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Well, have you had enough?"

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He went to the counter to pay.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

holding

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

just

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

more

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From this reading "One more, Father, please."

near

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "One more, Father, please."

pay

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From this reading He went to the counter to pay.

please

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From this reading "One more, Father, please."

round

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

saw

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She would be sick!

sick

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From this reading She would be sick!

standingnounUS /ˈstanding/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading He went to the counter to pay.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading He went to the counter to pay.

turned

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From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

Well

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From this reading "Well, have you had enough?"

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He went to the counter to pay.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading She would be sick!

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Well, have you had enough?"