Chapter I
IN THE AVENUE. "I'm to keep to the right?" "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir! No luggage, sir?" "None, thank you!"
Black Sheep: A Novel
Chapter I
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IN
THE
AVENUE.
"I'm
to
keep
to
the
right?"
"Keep
on
a
bearin'
to
the
right,
sir,
'cross
Watch
Common,
and
down
One
Ash
Hill,
and
that'll
bring
you
straight
on
to
Poynings,
sir!
No
luggage,
sir?"
"None,
thank
you!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
IN
THE
AVENUE.
Line 2
"I'm
to
keep
to
the
right?"
Line 3
"Keep
on
a
bearin'
to
the
right,
sir,
'cross
Watch
Common,
and
down
One
Ash
Hill,
and
that'll
bring
you
straight
on
to
Poynings,
sir!
Line 4
No
luggage,
sir?"
Line 5
"None,
thank
you!"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
None
pronoun
US /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading “"None, thank you!"”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!”
Right
noun
US /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I'm to keep to the right?"”
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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 "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
Ash
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
AVENUE
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From this reading IN THE AVENUE.
bearin
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
bring
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
Common
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
cross
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
down
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
Hill
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
I'm
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From this reading "I'm to keep to the right?"
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE AVENUE.
keep
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From this reading "I'm to keep to the right?"
luggage
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From this reading No luggage, sir?"
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No luggage, sir?"
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading "None, thank you!"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
Poynings
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'm to keep to the right?"
sir
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
straight
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
thank
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From this reading "None, thank you!"
that'll
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE AVENUE.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm to keep to the right?"
Watch
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From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Keep on a bearin' to the right, sir, 'cross Watch Common, and down One Ash Hill, and that'll bring you straight on to Poynings, sir!