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Plays : Fourth Series
Plays : Fourth Series

Chapter XIV

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LORD W. What you like.
POULDER.
Very good, me Lord.
[He goes.]
LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : Fourth Series

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
LORD W. What you like.
Line 2
POULDER.
Line 3
Very good, me Lord.
Line 4
[He goes.]
Line 5
LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Very good, me Lord.”

All words in this reading · 20

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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

dash

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From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

goes

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From this reading [He goes.]

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Very good, me Lord.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading [He goes.]

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

like

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From this reading LORD W. What you like.

LORD

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From this reading LORD W. What you like.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Very good, me Lord.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

Nell

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From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

POULDER

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From this reading POULDER.

say

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From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

stuck

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From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

teeth

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From this reading LORD W. I say, dash it, Nell, my teeth are stuck!

Very

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From this reading Very good, me Lord.

W

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From this reading LORD W. What you like.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading LORD W. What you like.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading LORD W. What you like.