Chapter V
"Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said. "You're allowed to be there if I invite you." "Oh--that would be wonderful!" Flip cried. "But--but you were going somewhere."
And both were young
Chapter V
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"Come
along
with
me
to
my
room,"
Madame
Perceval
said.
"You're
allowed
to
be
there
if
I
invite
you."
"Oh--that
would
be
wonderful!"
Flip
cried.
"But--but
you
were
going
somewhere."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
"Come
along
with
me
to
my
room,"
Madame
Perceval
said.
Line 2
"You're
allowed
to
be
there
if
I
invite
you."
Line 3
"Oh--that
would
be
wonderful!"
Line 4
Flip
cried.
Line 5
"But--but
you
were
going
somewhere."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Along
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.”
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Flip cried.”
Wonderful
noun
US /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Oh--that would be wonderful!"”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Oh--that would be wonderful!"”
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allowed
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From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But--but you were going somewhere."
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Flip cried.
Flip
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From this reading Flip cried.
going
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From this reading "But--but you were going somewhere."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
invite
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From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
Madame
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From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh--that would be wonderful!"
Perceval
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From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
room
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From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
said
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From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
somewhere
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From this reading "But--but you were going somewhere."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh--that would be wonderful!"
there
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From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "But--but you were going somewhere."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Come along with me to my room," Madame Perceval said.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Oh--that would be wonderful!"
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Oh--that would be wonderful!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."
You're
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From this reading "You're allowed to be there if I invite you."