Chapter V
“Why did you ring the bell? Why didn’t you walk away?” “Why? I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.” “To force yourself on me.”
Zuleika Dobson
Chapter V
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“Why
did
you
ring
the
bell?
Why
didn’t
you
walk
away?”
“Why?
I
had
come
to
see
you,
to
be
near
you,
to
be
WITH
you.”
“To
force
yourself
on
me.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Why
did
you
ring
the
bell?
Line 2
Why
didn’t
you
walk
away?”
Line 3
“Why?
Line 4
I
had
come
to
see
you,
to
be
near
you,
to
be
WITH
you.”
Line 5
“To
force
yourself
on
me.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.””
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading ““To force yourself on me.””
All words in this reading · 21
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away
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From this reading Why didn’t you walk away?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
bell
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From this reading “Why did you ring the bell?
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Why did you ring the bell?
didn't
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From this reading Why didn’t you walk away?”
force
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From this reading “To force yourself on me.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “To force yourself on me.”
near
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From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “To force yourself on me.”
ring
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From this reading “Why did you ring the bell?
see
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From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why did you ring the bell?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
walk
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From this reading Why didn’t you walk away?”
Why
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From this reading “Why did you ring the bell?
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I had come to see you, to be near you, to be WITH you.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why did you ring the bell?
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “To force yourself on me.”