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The Doctor's Dilemma
The Doctor's Dilemma

Chapter VI

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LOUIS.
Oh, all right, all right.
Sit down--anywhere you can.
Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Doctor's Dilemma

Chapter VI

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
LOUIS.
Line 2
Oh, all right, all right.
Line 3
Sit down--anywhere you can.
Line 4
Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
Line 5
Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

Learner Dictionary

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

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh, all right, all right.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].”

All words in this reading · 27

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all

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From this reading Oh, all right, all right.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

anywhere

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From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.

chair

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From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

down

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From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.

enthrones

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From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

grunts

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From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

helping

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From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

indicating

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From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

LOUIS

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From this reading LOUIS.

Oh

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From this reading Oh, all right, all right.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

Patrick

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From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh, all right, all right.

Sir

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From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

Sit

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From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.

TakenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

throne

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From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].

up

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From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

Up-z-z-z

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From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.