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Chapter XXXIV
Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door. ‘I won’t have that young man in my house. I won’t have him! Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’ I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
Reading 1/56 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘I won’t have that young man in my house.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
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From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
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From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
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From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
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From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
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From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
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From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
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From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I won’t have him!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
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From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
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From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
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From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
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From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
