Chapter VII
“Quite candidly, no. Have you any friend lodging with you here?” “One, overhead. A man named Noaks.” “A small man, with spectacles?”
Zuleika Dobson
Chapter VII
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“Quite
candidly,
no.
Have
you
any
friend
lodging
with
you
here?”
“One,
overhead.
A
man
named
Noaks.”
“A
small
man,
with
spectacles?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Quite
candidly,
no.
Line 2
Have
you
any
friend
lodging
with
you
here?”
Line 3
“One,
overhead.
Line 4
A
man
named
Noaks.”
Line 5
“A
small
man,
with
spectacles?”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you any friend lodging with you here?””
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you any friend lodging with you here?””
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““One, overhead.”
Quite
noun
US /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Quite candidly, no.”
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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 A man named Noaks.”
any
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From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”
candidly
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From this reading “Quite candidly, no.
friend
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From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”
lodging
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From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”
man
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From this reading A man named Noaks.”
named
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From this reading A man named Noaks.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Quite candidly, no.
Noaks
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From this reading A man named Noaks.”
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One, overhead.
overhead
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From this reading “One, overhead.
QuitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Quite candidly, no.
small
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From this reading “A small man, with spectacles?”
spectacles
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From this reading “A small man, with spectacles?”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you any friend lodging with you here?”