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Fenwick's Career
Fenwick's Career

Chapter I

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Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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Fenwick's Career

Chapter I

Reading 1/67 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
Line 2
I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
Line 3
So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
Line 4
In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
Line 5
The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

Learner Dictionary

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

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.”

Question noun US /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.”

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affected

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

any

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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

Bella

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

brush

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

can't

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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

cold

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From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

embarrassed

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

hours

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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

I'm

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From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

mahlstick

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

man

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

Miss

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

more

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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

Morrison

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

mother

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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

nearly

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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

painter

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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

palette

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

questionnounUS /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

Really

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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

rose

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

said

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

seat

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

silent

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

sit

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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.

sitting

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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

speaking

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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

stiff

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From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

stretch

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

suspended

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

thumb

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

two

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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

yawn

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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.

young

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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.