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The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy

Chapter II

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THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.
"Sullivan, stay here.
You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.
And Sullivan stayed.
"Berger here?"
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The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy

Chapter II

Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.
Line 2
"Sullivan, stay here.
Line 3
You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.
Line 4
And Sullivan stayed.
Line 5
"Berger here?"

Learner Dictionary

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

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Sullivan, stay here.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.”

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.”

All words in this reading · 49

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ALRESCA

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

appealing

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

Berger

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From this reading "Berger here?"

box

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

CRY

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

Cyril

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

Emmeline

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

excitement

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

exclaimed

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

feverish

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

follow

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

go

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

heard

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Sullivan, stay here.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

jumped

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

more

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

Mr

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

near

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

Nolan

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

once

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

overtaken

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

Sir

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

stay

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From this reading "Sullivan, stay here.

stayed

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From this reading And Sullivan stayed.

Sullivan

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

tones

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

up

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

wake

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

woman

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From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.

words

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From this reading THE CRY OF ALRESCA As I left the box in the wake of Sir Cyril and Mr. Nolan, Sullivan jumped up to follow us, and the last words I heard were from Emmeline.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You shall not go near that woman," she exclaimed in feverish and appealing tones: excitement had once more overtaken her.