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Anderby Wold
Anderby Wold

Chapter XX

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ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
Mary looked up from the end of the table.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Anderby Wold

Chapter XX

Reading 1/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
Line 2
Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
Line 3
Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
Line 4
At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
Line 5
Mary looked up from the end of the table.

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.”

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Mary looked up from the end of the table.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.”

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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 ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

ABDICATION

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

amusement

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

apples

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

badly

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From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

Bannister

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

bread

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

cheese

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

custard

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

didn't

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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

dining-room

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

don't

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From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

end

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From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.

faced

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

four

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

fowl

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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.

grim

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

Ham

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.

Mary

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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

o'clock

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

pie

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

roast

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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

Sarah

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

smile

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

stewed

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

table

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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

tarts

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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

up

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From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

Well

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From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.

Why

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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"