Chapter XII
'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?' And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it. 'Nothing much. I shan't be long. Can you wait a bit?'
Elizabeth's Campaign
Chapter XII
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'Hullo,
Aubrey!
what
brings
you
here?'
And
with
the
words
Arthur
Chicksands,
just
emerging
from
the
War
Office,
stopped
to
greet
a
brother
officer,
who
was
just
entering
it.
'Nothing
much.
I
shan't
be
long.
Can
you
wait
a
bit?'
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
'Hullo,
Aubrey!
what
brings
you
here?'
Line 2
And
with
the
words
Arthur
Chicksands,
just
emerging
from
the
War
Office,
stopped
to
greet
a
brother
officer,
who
was
just
entering
it.
Line 3
'Nothing
much.
Line 4
I
shan't
be
long.
Line 5
Can
you
wait
a
bit?'
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I shan't be long.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “'Nothing much.”
Stopped
noun
US /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.”
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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 with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
Arthur
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
Aubrey
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From this reading 'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shan't be long.
bit
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From this reading Can you wait a bit?'
brings
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From this reading 'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'
brother
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you wait a bit?'
Chicksands
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emerging
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
entering
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
greet
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'
Hullo
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From this reading 'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shan't be long.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
just
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shan't be long.
much
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From this reading 'Nothing much.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading 'Nothing much.
Office
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
officer
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
shan't
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From this reading I shan't be long.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
wait
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From this reading Can you wait a bit?'
War
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
words
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From this reading And with the words Arthur Chicksands, just emerging from the War Office, stopped to greet a brother officer, who was just entering it.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Hullo, Aubrey! what brings you here?'