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Chapter VI

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“Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
“And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
“Precisely,” said I.
“A hundred pounds!”
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dolly Dialogues

Chapter VI

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
Line 2
“And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
Line 3
We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
Line 4
“Precisely,” said I.
Line 5
“A hundred pounds!”

Learner Dictionary

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

Course noun US /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.””

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading ““And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.”

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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 “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

anyhow

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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

coursenounUS /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

girls

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

given

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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

Hall

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

hundred

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From this reading “A hundred pounds!”

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

kind

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

lectures

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

literature

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

Miss

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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

other

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

Phyllis

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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

pounds

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From this reading “A hundred pounds!”

Precisely

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From this reading “Precisely,” said I.

said

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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

shilling

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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

there

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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

tickets

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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

Town

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

two

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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

used

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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”

Well

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.