Chapter VII
I was up betimes. Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast? I hardly thought so. Yet who knows? Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
The Mayor's Wife
Chapter VII
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I
was
up
betimes.
Would
Mrs.
Packard
appear
at
breakfast?
I
hardly
thought
so.
Yet
who
knows?
Such
women
have
great
recuperative
powers,
and
from
one
so
mysteriously
affected
anything
might
be
expected.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
I
was
up
betimes.
Line 2
Would
Mrs.
Packard
appear
at
breakfast?
Line 3
I
hardly
thought
so.
Line 4
Yet
who
knows?
Line 5
Such
women
have
great
recuperative
powers,
and
from
one
so
mysteriously
affected
anything
might
be
expected.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Anything
pronoun
US /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.”
Great
noun
US /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.”
Might
modal verb
US /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.”
Powers
noun
US /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.”
Thought
noun
US /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I hardly thought so.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet who knows?”
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affected
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From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
appear
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From this reading Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
betimes
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From this reading I was up betimes.
breakfast
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From this reading Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?
expected
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From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
hardly
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From this reading I hardly thought so.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was up betimes.
knows
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From this reading Yet who knows?
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
Mrs
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From this reading Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?
mysteriously
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From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
Packard
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From this reading Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
recuperative
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From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I hardly thought so.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hardly thought so.
up
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From this reading I was up betimes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was up betimes.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Yet who knows?
women
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From this reading Such women have great recuperative powers, and from one so mysteriously affected anything might be expected.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would Mrs. Packard appear at breakfast?
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet who knows?