Chapter XXI
“Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?” “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.” “You did not take a coach to come home?” “No.” “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
Cousin Betty
Chapter XXI
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“Worthy
Madame
Florent--”
“You
said
the
Rocher
de
Cancale.--Were
you
at
the
Florents’?”
“Yes,
at
their
house;
I
made
a
mistake.”
“You
did
not
take
a
coach
to
come
home?”
“No.”
“And
you
have
walked
from
the
Rue
des
Tournelles?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Worthy
Madame
Florent--”
“You
said
the
Rocher
de
Cancale.--Were
you
at
the
Florents’?”
Line 2
“Yes,
at
their
house;
I
made
a
mistake.”
Line 3
“You
did
not
take
a
coach
to
come
home?”
Line 4
“No.”
/noʊ/
Line 5
“And
you
have
walked
from
the
Rue
des
Tournelles?”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You did not take a coach to come home?””
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?””
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You did not take a coach to come home?””
Worthy
adjective
US /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading ““Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?””
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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 “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
Cancale
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
coach
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From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
de
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
des
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From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
Florent
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
Florents
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
home
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From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
house
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From this reading “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
Madame
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
made
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From this reading “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
mistake
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From this reading “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
Rocher
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
Rue
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From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
said
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From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You did not take a coach to come home?”
Tournelles
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From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
walked
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From this reading “And you have walked from the Rue des Tournelles?”
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
WorthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”
Yes
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From this reading “Yes, at their house; I made a mistake.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Worthy Madame Florent--” “You said the Rocher de Cancale.--Were you at the Florents’?”