Chapter XV
SECRET WORK. “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!” “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you. Take a chair.” The last speaker was Nick Carter.
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Chapter XV
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SECRET
WORK.
“Well,
sir,
I’m
here,
as
I
agreed!”
“That’s
right,
my
good
man,
and
I’m
glad
to
see
you.
Take
a
chair.”
The
last
speaker
was
Nick
Carter.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
SECRET
WORK.
Line 2
“Well,
sir,
I’m
here,
as
I
agreed!”
Line 3
“That’s
right,
my
good
man,
and
I’m
glad
to
see
you.
Line 4
Take
a
chair.”
Line 5
The
last
speaker
was
Nick
Carter.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!””
Last
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The last speaker was Nick Carter.”
Right
noun
US /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.”
SECRET
noun
US /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “SECRET WORK.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take a chair.””
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!””
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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 Take a chair.”
agreed
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From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
Carter
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From this reading The last speaker was Nick Carter.
chair
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From this reading Take a chair.”
glad
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From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
I'm
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From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last speaker was Nick Carter.
man
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From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
Nick
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From this reading The last speaker was Nick Carter.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
SECRETnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading SECRET WORK.
see
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From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
sir
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From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
speaker
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From this reading The last speaker was Nick Carter.
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take a chair.”
That's
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From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last speaker was Nick Carter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The last speaker was Nick Carter.
Well
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From this reading “Well, sir, I’m here, as I agreed!”
WORK
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From this reading SECRET WORK.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That’s right, my good man, and I’m glad to see you.