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Dora Thorne
Dora Thorne

Chapter XXIX

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A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.
Life went on quietly and smoothly.
Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.
Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.
No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dora Thorne

Chapter XXIX

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.
Line 2
Life went on quietly and smoothly.
Line 3
Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.
Line 4
Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.
Line 5
No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

Learner Dictionary

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

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Life went on quietly and smoothly.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.”

Secret noun US /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading “No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.”

Themselves pronoun US /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Life went on quietly and smoothly.”

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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 A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

Airlie

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

Beatrice

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From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

busied

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

Dacre

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

dark

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From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

day

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

dreamed

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From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

drifted

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

Earle

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

Earlescourt

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From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

fairyland

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

father

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

happened

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From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

hope

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

hung

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From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

Lady

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

LifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Life went on quietly and smoothly.

Lillian

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

Lionel

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

longed

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From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

Lord

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

marriage

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Life went on quietly and smoothly.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

preparations

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

quietly

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From this reading Life went on quietly and smoothly.

secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

slowly

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.

smoothly

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From this reading Life went on quietly and smoothly.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

talking

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From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading No one dreamed of the dark secret that hung over Earlescourt.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Her father and Lady Earle busied themselves in talking of preparations for the marriage.

week

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From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Life went on quietly and smoothly.

whole

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From this reading A whole week passed, and the "something" Beatrice longed for had not happened.

wrote

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From this reading Lionel Dacre and Lillian slowly drifted into the fairyland of hope, Lord Airlie wrote every day.