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A Double Knot
A Double Knot

Chapter X

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"But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"
"No," said the doctor roughly.
"What for?
Nothing the matter.
She can cure herself whenever she likes.
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A Double Knot

Chapter X

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"
Line 2
"No," said the doctor roughly.
Line 3
"What for?
/wʌt fɔːr/
Line 4
Nothing the matter.
Line 5
She can cure herself whenever she likes.

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 “"But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"”

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"No," said the doctor roughly.”

Herself pronoun US /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “She can cure herself whenever she likes.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Nothing the matter.”

Whenever conjunction US /weˈnevər/

at any time that; every time that

From this reading “She can cure herself whenever she likes.”

All words in this reading · 27

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading She can cure herself whenever she likes.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

cure

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From this reading She can cure herself whenever she likes.

doctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "No," said the doctor roughly.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "What for?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading She can cure herself whenever she likes.

Humphrey

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

ladyship

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

likes

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From this reading She can cure herself whenever she likes.

matter

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From this reading Nothing the matter.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "No," said the doctor roughly.

NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Nothing the matter.

now

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

roughly

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From this reading "No," said the doctor roughly.

said

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

see

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She can cure herself whenever she likes.

Sir

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

Stonor

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From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "No," said the doctor roughly.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What for?

wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/

at any time that; every time that

From this reading She can cure herself whenever she likes.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "But her ladyship, Stonor?" said Sir Humphrey; "will you come and see her now?"