Chapter XV
“Pooh, my boy! A little moralizing breaks no bones. It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous? You have paid her debts?” “Ja,” said the Baron lamentably.
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Chapter XV
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“Pooh,
my
boy!
A
little
moralizing
breaks
no
bones.
It
is
the
salt
of
life
to
the
like
of
us,
as
vice
is
to
your
bigots.--Come,
have
you
been
generous?
You
have
paid
her
debts?”
“Ja,”
said
the
Baron
lamentably.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Pooh,
my
boy!
Line 2
A
little
moralizing
breaks
no
bones.
Line 3
It
is
the
salt
of
life
to
the
like
of
us,
as
vice
is
to
your
bigots.--Come,
have
you
been
generous?
Line 4
You
have
paid
her
debts?”
Line 5
“Ja,”
said
the
Baron
lamentably.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?”
Life
noun
US /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A little moralizing breaks no bones.”
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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 A little moralizing breaks no bones.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
Baron
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From this reading “Ja,” said the Baron lamentably.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
bigots
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From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
bones
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From this reading A little moralizing breaks no bones.
boy
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From this reading “Pooh, my boy!
breaks
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From this reading A little moralizing breaks no bones.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
debts
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From this reading You have paid her debts?”
generous
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From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You have paid her debts?”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
Ja
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From this reading “Ja,” said the Baron lamentably.
lamentably
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From this reading “Ja,” said the Baron lamentably.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
like
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From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little moralizing breaks no bones.
moralizing
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From this reading A little moralizing breaks no bones.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Pooh, my boy!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A little moralizing breaks no bones.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
paid
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From this reading You have paid her debts?”
Pooh
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From this reading “Pooh, my boy!
said
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From this reading “Ja,” said the Baron lamentably.
salt
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From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
vice
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From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is the salt of life to the like of us, as vice is to your bigots.--Come, have you been generous?