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Helena's Path
Helena's Path

Chapter III

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"Oh, but I can't!
Helena would never forgive me.
I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.
Really you can't come through here."
"Do you think you can stop me?"
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Helena's Path

Chapter III

Reading 1/94 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Oh, but I can't!
Line 2
Helena would never forgive me.
Line 3
I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.
Line 4
Really you can't come through here."
Line 5
"Do you think you can stop me?"

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Really you can't come through here."”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Really you can't come through here."”

Hers pronoun US /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading “I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Helena would never forgive me.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Do you think you can stop me?"”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Really you can't come through here."”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Helena would never forgive me.”

All words in this reading · 29

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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 I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "Oh, but I can't!

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Do you think you can stop me?"

can't

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From this reading "Oh, but I can't!

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Really you can't come through here."

di

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From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Do you think you can stop me?"

forgive

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From this reading Helena would never forgive me.

friend

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From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

Helena

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From this reading Helena would never forgive me.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Really you can't come through here."

herspronounUS /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "Oh, but I can't!

I'm

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From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

Marchesa

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From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Helena would never forgive me.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Helena would never forgive me.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

Oh

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From this reading "Oh, but I can't!

Really

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From this reading Really you can't come through here."

San

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From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

Servolo

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From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

stop

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From this reading "Do you think you can stop me?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Do you think you can stop me?"

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Really you can't come through here."

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Helena would never forgive me.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I'm a friend of hers, you know--of the Marchesa di San Servolo.