Chapter XI
"Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?" "Not a bit." "Then you ought to. Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?" "Say?
Crown and Sceptre: A West Country Story
Chapter XI
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"Don't
you
feel
ashamed
of
yourself?"
"Not
a
bit."
"Then
you
ought
to.
Suppose
your
poor
mother
saw
you
now,
what
do
you
think
she
would
say?"
"Say?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
"Don't
you
feel
ashamed
of
yourself?"
Line 2
"Not
a
bit."
Line 3
"Then
you
ought
to.
Line 4
Suppose
your
poor
mother
saw
you
now,
what
do
you
think
she
would
say?"
Line 5
"Say?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Ashamed
adjective
US /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading “"Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"”
Ought
modal verb
US /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “"Then you ought to.”
Poor
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"”
Suppose
noun
US /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"”
Think
noun
US /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"”
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"”
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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 "Not a bit."
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading "Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
bit
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From this reading "Not a bit."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
Don't
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From this reading "Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
feel
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From this reading "Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
mother
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From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not a bit."
now
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From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "Then you ought to.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
saw
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From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
say
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From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
SupposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
Then
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From this reading "Then you ought to.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Then you ought to.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Suppose your poor mother saw you now, what do you think she would say?"
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"