Chapter IX
'For my sake?' 'To marry her if she breaks with him.' Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them. 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?' 'Never in the world.'
A London Life, and Other Tales
Chapter IX
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'For
my
sake?'
'To
marry
her
if
she
breaks
with
him.'
Jasper
turned
his
eyes
from
the
horizon
to
my
own,
and
I
found
a
strange
expression
in
them.
'Has
Miss
Mavis
commissioned
you
to
make
this
inquiry?'
'Never
in
the
world.'
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
'For
my
sake?'
Line 2
'To
marry
her
if
she
breaks
with
him.'
Line 3
Jasper
turned
his
eyes
from
the
horizon
to
my
own,
and
I
found
a
strange
expression
in
them.
Line 4
'Has
Miss
Mavis
commissioned
you
to
make
this
inquiry?'
Line 5
'Never
in
the
world.'
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Found
noun
US /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.”
Has
auxiliary verb
US /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Never in the world.'”
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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 Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
breaks
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From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
commissioned
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From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
expression
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
eyes
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'For my sake?'
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
horizon
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
inquiry
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From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
Jasper
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
marry
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From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
Mavis
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From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
Miss
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From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'For my sake?'
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Never in the world.'
own
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
sake
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From this reading 'For my sake?'
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
strange
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
turned
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From this reading Jasper turned his eyes from the horizon to my own, and I found a strange expression in them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'To marry her if she breaks with him.'
world
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From this reading 'Never in the world.'
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Has Miss Mavis commissioned you to make this inquiry?'