Chapter III
BENNET. Don’t stand there gaping. I rang for some wood. Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight. _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
Fanny and the Servant Problem
Chapter III
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BENNET.
Don’t
stand
there
gaping.
I
rang
for
some
wood.
Tell
your
brother
dinner
will
be
at
a
quarter
to
eight.
_Ernest_,
_never
speaking_,
_still
staring
at
Fanny_,
_gets
clumsily
out
again_.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
BENNET.
Line 2
Don’t
stand
there
gaping.
Line 3
I
rang
for
some
wood.
Line 4
Tell
your
brother
dinner
will
be
at
a
quarter
to
eight.
Line 5
_Ernest_,
_never
speaking_,
_still
staring
at
Fanny_,
_gets
clumsily
out
again_.
Learner Dictionary
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Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
Gaping
adjective
US /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
wide open
From this reading “Don’t stand there gaping.”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
Stand
noun
US /stand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t stand there gaping.”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
Tell
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.”
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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 Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
BENNET
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From this reading BENNET.
brother
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From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
clumsily
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
dinner
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From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
Don't
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From this reading Don’t stand there gaping.
eight
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From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
Ernest
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
Fanny
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I rang for some wood.
gapingadjectiveUS /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
wide open
From this reading Don’t stand there gaping.
gets
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I rang for some wood.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
out
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
quarter
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From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
rang
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From this reading I rang for some wood.
some
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From this reading I rang for some wood.
speaking
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
stand
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From this reading Don’t stand there gaping.
staring
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From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Ernest_, _never speaking_, _still staring at Fanny_, _gets clumsily out again_.
TellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
there
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From this reading Don’t stand there gaping.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.
wood
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From this reading I rang for some wood.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tell your brother dinner will be at a quarter to eight.