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Satan's garden
Satan's garden

Chapter II

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They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.
"How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.
"You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.
"In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."
"Nuts, Pierre!" protested Farrell.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Satan's garden

Chapter II

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.
Line 2
"How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.
Line 3
"You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.
Line 4
"In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."
Line 5
"Nuts, Pierre!" protested Farrell.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “"How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.”

Drew noun US /drew/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.”

Memory noun US /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading “They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.”

Wondered noun US /wondered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.”

Yourself pronoun US /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading “"In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."”

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

admitted

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From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

Antoinette

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

Bayonne

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

closely

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

concluded

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

conspicuous

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

d'Artois

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

daggers

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

declared

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From this reading "You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.

drewnounUS /drew/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

enough

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From this reading "You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.

fact

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

Farrell

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From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

Farrell's

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

full

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

house

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

How

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From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

made

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

Mademoiselle

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

menace

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

more

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

now

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

Nuts

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From this reading "Nuts, Pierre!" protested Farrell.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

origin

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

painfully

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From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

Pierre

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From this reading "Nuts, Pierre!" protested Farrell.

plaza

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From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

protested

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From this reading "Nuts, Pierre!" protested Farrell.

Raoul

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From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

refreshing

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

root

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

taken

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

up

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From this reading They drew up at d'Artois' house as he concluded his refreshing of Farrell's memory on the origin of the menace that had taken root in Bayonne.

watch

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

watched

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.

watching

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."

wonderednounUS /wondered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "How about my watching the plaza?" wondered Farrell as Raoul admitted them.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You have watched enough," declared d'Artois.

yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading "In fact, you have made yourself so painfully conspicuous that from now on I will have to watch you more closely than Mademoiselle Antoinette, or you will be found full of daggers yourself."