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"All's Well"
"All's Well"

Chapter V

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
MR.
BENDEN'S DESSERT.
"Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

"All's Well"

Chapter V

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
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MR.
Line 3
BENDEN'S DESSERT.
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"Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
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Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

Learner Dictionary

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

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”

Whither adverb US /ˈwɪðər/

an old word meaning “to where”

From this reading “"Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?”

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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 Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

away

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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

behold

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

BENDEN'S

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From this reading BENDEN'S DESSERT.

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.

DESSERT

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From this reading BENDEN'S DESSERT.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

FIFTEEN

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From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

gaol

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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

Hall

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

man

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

MR

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From this reading MR.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

pretty

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

Roger

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

Taken

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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

Well

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/

an old word meaning “to where”

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

wot

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From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?

you're

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From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"