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Ramona
Ramona

Chapter X

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Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.
“Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”
Felipe looked up, startled.
The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.
“I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.
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Ramona

Chapter X

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.
Line 2
“Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”
Line 3
Felipe looked up, startled.
Line 4
The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.
Line 5
“I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

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 ““Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?””

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Felipe looked up, startled.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading ““Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?””

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading ““I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.”

All words in this reading · 53

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Alessandro

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From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

all

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

always

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

anger

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

bed

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

carry

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From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

change

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From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

displeasure

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

eagerly

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

exclaimed

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

expression

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

far

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

Felipe

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From this reading Felipe looked up, startled.

Felipe's

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

gentle

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

girl's

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

hurt

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Felipe looked up, startled.

nature

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

out

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From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

Ramona

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

ran

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

ready

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

resigned

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

room

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

said

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From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

Senora

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

sensitive

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

spoken

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From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

startled

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From this reading Felipe looked up, startled.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

turned

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

up

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From this reading Felipe looked up, startled.

veranda

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From this reading Ramona ran eagerly into Felipe's room, “The bed is all ready on the veranda,” she exclaimed.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

worse

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From this reading The Senora turned on Ramona that expression of gentle, resigned displeasure, which always hurt the girl's sensitive nature far worse than anger.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “I had not spoken to Felipe yet of the change, Ramona,” she said.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Shall Alessandro come in and carry you out?”