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Chapter XVI
IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air. “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda. “I’m always coming at the wrong time.” “It’s always the right time,” declared Olive. “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““It’s always the right time,” declared Olive.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
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From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s always the right time,” declared Olive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
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From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
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From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
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From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
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From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
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From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s always the right time,” declared Olive.
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From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
