Chapter XXX
"A swell! Well, who's got a better right? A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family." "Hello, Jim! That plug 'll never do."
Main-Travelled Roads
Chapter XXX
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"A
swell!
Well,
who's
got
a
better
right?
A
man
wants
to
look
as
well
as
he
can
when
he
comes
home
to
such
a
family."
"Hello,
Jim!
That
plug
'll
never
do."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"A
swell!
Line 2
Well,
who's
got
a
better
right?
Line 3
A
man
wants
to
look
as
well
as
he
can
when
he
comes
home
to
such
a
family."
Line 4
"Hello,
Jim!
Line 5
That
plug
'll
never
do."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That plug 'll never do."”
Right
noun
US /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, who's got a better right?”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, who's got a better right?”
All words in this reading · 26
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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 "A swell!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
better
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From this reading Well, who's got a better right?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
comes
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From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That plug 'll never do."
family
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From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
got
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From this reading Well, who's got a better right?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
Hello
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From this reading "Hello, Jim!
home
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From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
Jim
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From this reading "Hello, Jim!
ll
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From this reading That plug 'll never do."
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
man
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From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That plug 'll never do."
plug
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From this reading That plug 'll never do."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, who's got a better right?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
swell
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From this reading "A swell!
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That plug 'll never do."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
wants
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From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
Well
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From this reading Well, who's got a better right?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A man wants to look as well as he can when he comes home to such a family."
who's
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From this reading Well, who's got a better right?