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Blind Love

Chapter L

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THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
"I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
"You think me capable of that, do you?"
"The man is growing stronger and better every day.
You are going to make him recover, after all.
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Blind Love

Chapter L

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
Line 2
"I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
Line 3
"You think me capable of that, do you?"
Line 4
"The man is growing stronger and better every day.
Line 5
You are going to make him recover, after all.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “You are going to make him recover, after all.”

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “"The man is growing stronger and better every day.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You are going to make him recover, after all.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"You think me capable of that, do you?"”

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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 repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

all

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From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

AWAY

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

better

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From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.

capable

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From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"

changed

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

day

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From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"

doctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.

going

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From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

growing

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From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.

Harry

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.

ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

laugh

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From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.

Lord

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

man

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From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

NURSE

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"

recover

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From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.

repented

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

said

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

SENT

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

stronger

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From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.

Vimpany

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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.

YOUpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.