Chapter III
"Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house! "YOU DIDN'T SWEAR? "Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion. "YOU WERE NOT IN A PASSION? "Weren't you?
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures
Chapter III
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"Because
ONCE
in
your
lifetime
your
shirt
wanted
a
button
you
must
almost
swear
the
roof
off
the
house!
"YOU
DIDN'T
SWEAR?
"Ha,
Mr.
Caudle!
you
don't
know
what
you
do
when
you're
in
a
passion.
"YOU
WERE
NOT
IN
A
PASSION?
"Weren't
you?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Because
ONCE
in
your
lifetime
your
shirt
wanted
a
button
you
must
almost
swear
the
roof
off
the
house!
Line 2
"YOU
DIDN'T
SWEAR?
Line 3
"Ha,
Mr.
Caudle!
you
don't
know
what
you
do
when
you're
in
a
passion.
Line 4
"YOU
WERE
NOT
IN
A
PASSION?
Line 5
"Weren't
you?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Because
conjunction
US /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading “"Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion.”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!”
ONCE
noun
US /once/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!”
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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 "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
almost
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From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
button
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Caudle
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DIDN'T
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From this reading "YOU DIDN'T SWEAR?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion.
don't
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Ha
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house
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From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion.
lifetime
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Mr
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mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
NOTadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "YOU WERE NOT IN A PASSION?
off
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ONCE
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passion
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roof
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From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
shirt
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From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
swear
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From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
wanted
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From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
WEREauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "YOU WERE NOT IN A PASSION?
Weren't
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From this reading "Weren't you?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!
you're
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From this reading "Ha, Mr. Caudle! you don't know what you do when you're in a passion.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Because ONCE in your lifetime your shirt wanted a button you must almost swear the roof off the house!