Chapter XI
Little returned to London. Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier. "Buy a nice poodle, sir?" Something in the animal attracted his attention. "Fido!" he gasped.
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Little
returned
to
London.
Passing
through
London
one
day
he
met
a
dog-fancier.
"Buy
a
nice
poodle,
sir?"
Something
in
the
animal
attracted
his
attention.
"Fido!"
he
gasped.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Little
returned
to
London.
Line 2
Passing
through
London
one
day
he
met
a
dog-fancier.
Line 3
"Buy
a
nice
poodle,
sir?"
Line 4
Something
in
the
animal
attracted
his
attention.
Line 5
"Fido!"
he
gasped.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Little returned to London.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier.”
Returned
noun
US /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Little returned to London.”
Something
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something in the animal attracted his attention.”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier.”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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animal
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attention
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attracted
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Buy
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day
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dog-fancier
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Fido
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gasped
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Something in the animal attracted his attention.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Something in the animal attracted his attention.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little returned to London.
London
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From this reading Little returned to London.
met
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nice
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From this reading "Buy a nice poodle, sir?"
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier.
Passing
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From this reading Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier.
poodle
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From this reading "Buy a nice poodle, sir?"
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Little returned to London.
sir
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From this reading "Buy a nice poodle, sir?"
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something in the animal attracted his attention.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Something in the animal attracted his attention.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Passing through London one day he met a dog-fancier.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Little returned to London.