Chapter X
"Eggs! How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan! And I'm starved!" She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive. "But how can we cook them?
Harrigan
Chapter X
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"Eggs!
How
perfectly
wonderful,
Mr.
Harrigan!
And
I'm
starved!"
She
looked
up
to
him,
radiant
with
delight;
but
the
triumphant
eye
of
Harrigan
fell
not
upon
her
but
on
McTee,
who
had
suddenly
grown
pensive.
"But
how
can
we
cook
them?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Eggs!
Line 2
How
perfectly
wonderful,
Mr.
Harrigan!
Line 3
And
I'm
starved!"
Line 4
She
looked
up
to
him,
radiant
with
delight;
but
the
triumphant
eye
of
Harrigan
fell
not
upon
her
but
on
McTee,
who
had
suddenly
grown
pensive.
Line 5
"But
how
can
we
cook
them?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
Radiant
adjective
US /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
Suddenly
noun
US /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
Wonderful
noun
US /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!”
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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I'm starved!"
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
cook
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From this reading "But how can we cook them?
delight
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
Eggs
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From this reading "Eggs!
eye
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
fell
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
grown
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
Harrigan
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From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
How
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From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
I'm
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From this reading And I'm starved!"
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
McTee
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
Mr
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From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
pensive
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
perfectly
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From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
starved
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From this reading And I'm starved!"
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
triumphant
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
up
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From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!