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Mrs. Red Pepper
Mrs. Red Pepper

Chapter XIV

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BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
Besides, you owe it to us.
I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Mrs. Red Pepper

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
Line 2
I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
Line 3
A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
Line 4
Besides, you owe it to us.
Line 5
I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?”

BEFORE preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!”

Besides preposition US /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading “Besides, you owe it to us.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!”

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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 haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

all

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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

bad

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

BEFOREprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

BesidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

certainly

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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

cut

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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

dose

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

experience

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

giving

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

go

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

haven't

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

insist

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.

kind

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From this reading I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.

leave

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

LENS

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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

likeness

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From this reading I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.

man

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

minded

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

nonsense

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

other

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

owe

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From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.

photographer

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

picture

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

prescription

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

prescriptions

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

prettiest

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

Red

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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

smallest

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From this reading I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.

States

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

street

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

Stuff

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

sun

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

town

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

United

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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

unkindest

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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.

well

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

worst

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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!