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A Mad Love
A Mad Love

Chapter I

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Context Illustration Reading 1/17 · 5 lines
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Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.
A DISCONTENTED BEAUTY.
"Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?
Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."
The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Mad Love

Chapter I

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.
Line 2
A DISCONTENTED BEAUTY.
Line 3
"Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?
Line 4
Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."
Line 5
The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

Learner Dictionary

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

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.”

Cried noun US /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?”

Except preposition US /ɪkˈsept/

apart from; not including

From this reading “Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."”

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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 A DISCONTENTED BEAUTY.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?

Author

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

BEAUTY

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From this reading A DISCONTENTED BEAUTY.

BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

criednounUS /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?

DISCONTENTED

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From this reading A DISCONTENTED BEAUTY.

Dora

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

etc

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

everywhere

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From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/

apart from; not including

From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

FromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

Gloom

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

good-tempered

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From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

HerenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

just

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From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

Leone

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From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?

looking

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From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

loud

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From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?

man

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From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

Out

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

Pardon

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

place

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From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

Roses

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

speaker

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From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

stout

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From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

Sunshine

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

tall

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From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

there

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From this reading Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."

Thomas

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From this reading Author of "Sunshine and Roses," "Beyond Pardon," "Dora Thomas," "From Out the Gloom," etc., etc.

voice

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From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you?