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Comediettas and Farces
Comediettas and Farces

Chapter V

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ROYS.
(_aside_).
She's alone!
She's decidedly handsome.
Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Comediettas and Farces

Chapter V

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ROYS.
Line 2
(_aside_).
Line 3
She's alone!
Line 4
She's decidedly handsome.
Line 5
Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She's alone!”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”

Handsome noun US /ˈhandsome/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “She's decidedly handsome.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She's alone!

Aloud

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

aside

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From this reading (_aside_).

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

bowing

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

decidedly

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From this reading She's decidedly handsome.

handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading She's decidedly handsome.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

JULIA

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

Miss

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

other

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

ROYS

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From this reading ROYS.

said

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

She's

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From this reading She's alone!

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

Templeton

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

there's

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From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!