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Crown and Sceptre: A West Country Story
Crown and Sceptre: A West Country Story

Chapter IX

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"Nonsense!
You are fagged out.
Go and rest, and your horse too."
"Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.
Let you go without me.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Crown and Sceptre: A West Country Story

Chapter IX

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Nonsense!
Line 2
You are fagged out.
Line 3
Go and rest, and your horse too."
Line 4
"Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.
Line 5
Let you go without me.

Learner Dictionary

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

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Let you go without me.”

Rest noun US /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Go and rest, and your horse too."”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “Let you go without me.”

All words in this reading · 22

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Go and rest, and your horse too."

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading You are fagged out.

call

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From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

fagged

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From this reading You are fagged out.

Fred

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From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

Go

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From this reading Go and rest, and your horse too."

horse

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From this reading Go and rest, and your horse too."

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Let you go without me.

likely

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From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

Master

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From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Let you go without me.

Nonsense

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From this reading "Nonsense!

Now

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From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

out

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From this reading You are fagged out.

restnounUS /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Go and rest, and your horse too."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Now, I do call that likely, Master Fred.

too

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From this reading Go and rest, and your horse too."

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Let you go without me.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You are fagged out.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Go and rest, and your horse too."