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A Bit O' Love
A Bit O' Love

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/87 · 5 lines
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STRANGWAY.
[Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?
BEATRICE.
I ask for mercy.
STRANGWAY.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Bit O' Love

Chapter III

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
STRANGWAY.
Line 2
[Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?
Line 3
BEATRICE.
Line 4
I ask for mercy.
Line 5
STRANGWAY.

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “[Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “[Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?”

Secret noun US /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading “[Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?”

All words in this reading · 17

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anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

ask

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From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

BEATRICE

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From this reading BEATRICE.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I ask for mercy.

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I ask for mercy.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

live

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From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

man

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From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

mercy

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From this reading I ask for mercy.

Quietly

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From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

STRANGWAY

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From this reading STRANGWAY.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading [Quietly] You ask me to help you live in secret with another man?