Chapter X
"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.
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.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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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.”
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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?"