Chapter XI
“I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.” “And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?” “I wouldn’t treat Mrs. Maynard so.” “Oh!” she said. “You treat me upon a theory.”
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Chapter XI
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“I
meant—I
thought
you
would
like
to
be
treated
frankly.”
“And
you
wouldn’t
treat
everybody
so?”
“I
wouldn’t
treat
Mrs.
Maynard
so.”
“Oh!”
she
said.
“You
treat
me
upon
a
theory.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“I
meant—I
thought
you
would
like
to
be
treated
frankly.”
Line 2
“And
you
wouldn’t
treat
everybody
so?”
Line 3
“I
wouldn’t
treat
Mrs.
Maynard
so.”
Line 4
“Oh!”
she
said.
Line 5
“You
treat
me
upon
a
theory.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Everybody
pronoun
US /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading ““And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?””
Thought
noun
US /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.””
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ““You treat me upon a theory.””
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.””
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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 “You treat me upon a theory.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading “And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?”
frankly
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From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
like
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From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
Maynard
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From this reading “I wouldn’t treat Mrs. Maynard so.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You treat me upon a theory.”
meant
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From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
Mrs
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From this reading “I wouldn’t treat Mrs. Maynard so.”
Oh
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From this reading “Oh!” she said.
said
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From this reading “Oh!” she said.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh!” she said.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?”
theory
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From this reading “You treat me upon a theory.”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
treat
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From this reading “And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?”
treated
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From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “You treat me upon a theory.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”
wouldn't
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From this reading “And you wouldn’t treat everybody so?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I meant—I thought you would like to be treated frankly.”