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Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete
Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete

Chapter XXIV

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COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.
* "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
"Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
"Positively,--to Paris.
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Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete

Chapter XXIV

Reading 1/56 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.
Line 2
* "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
Line 3
IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
Line 4
"Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
Line 5
"Positively,--to Paris.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “"Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “* "What shall I do, a bachelor?"”

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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 * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"

abroad

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

agam

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From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

bachelor

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From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"

Caroline

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

COELEBS

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From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.

Cornwall

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"

Doltimore

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

Fenton's

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

fixed

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

go

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

HORACE

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From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.

Hotel

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

Lady

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

latter

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

Lord

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

marriage

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

months

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

Paris

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From this reading "Positively,--to Paris.

positively

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

quid

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From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.

return

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

room

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

sat

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

then

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From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"

two

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

Vargrave

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From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"