Chapter VIII
"Mah goodness! Ho' exciting!" said Miss Woodburn. "May anybody look?" "Everybody," said Beaton. "Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2
Chapter VIII
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"Mah
goodness!
Ho'
exciting!"
said
Miss
Woodburn.
"May
anybody
look?"
"Everybody,"
said
Beaton.
"Well,
isn't
it
perfectly
choming!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Mah
goodness!
Line 2
Ho'
exciting!"
said
Miss
Woodburn.
Line 3
"May
anybody
look?"
/meɪ ˈenibədi look/
Line 4
"Everybody,"
said
Beaton.
Line 5
"Well,
isn't
it
perfectly
choming!"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Anybody
pronoun
US /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading “"May anybody look?"”
Everybody
pronoun
US /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading “"Everybody," said Beaton.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"May anybody look?"”
May
modal verb
US /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “"May anybody look?"”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"”
All words in this reading · 17
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anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading "May anybody look?"
Beaton
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From this reading "Everybody," said Beaton.
choming
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From this reading "Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading "Everybody," said Beaton.
exciting
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From this reading Ho' exciting!" said Miss Woodburn.
goodness
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From this reading "Mah goodness!
Ho
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From this reading Ho' exciting!" said Miss Woodburn.
isn't
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From this reading "Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "May anybody look?"
Mah
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From this reading "Mah goodness!
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "May anybody look?"
Miss
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From this reading Ho' exciting!" said Miss Woodburn.
perfectly
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From this reading "Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"
said
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From this reading Ho' exciting!" said Miss Woodburn.
Well
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From this reading "Well, isn't it perfectly choming!"
Woodburn
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From this reading Ho' exciting!" said Miss Woodburn.