Chapter VII
AMY. ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’ GINEVRA. ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’ AMY.
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Chapter VII
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AMY.
‘Ginevra,
you
take
too
much
upon
yourself.’
GINEVRA.
‘I
_will_
make
a
sacrifice--I
will.’
AMY.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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AMY.
Line 2
‘Ginevra,
you
take
too
much
upon
yourself.’
Line 3
GINEVRA.
Line 4
‘I
_will_
make
a
sacrifice--I
will.’
Line 5
AMY.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
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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 ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
AMY
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From this reading AMY.
Ginevra
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From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
much
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From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
sacrifice
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From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
too
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From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’