Chapter IV
CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it). What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris? CHARTERIS. Nothing. It's such a confounded room to get about in.
The Philanderer
Chapter IV
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CRAVEN
(who
has
crossed
to
the
whirling
bookcase
and
stopped
it).
What
the
dickens
are
you
doing
there,
Charteris?
CHARTERIS.
Nothing.
It's
such
a
confounded
room
to
get
about
in.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
CRAVEN
(who
has
crossed
to
the
whirling
bookcase
and
stopped
it).
Line 2
What
the
dickens
are
you
doing
there,
Charteris?
Line 3
CHARTERIS.
Line 4
Nothing.
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/
Line 5
It's
such
a
confounded
room
to
get
about
in.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
About
preposition
US /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “It's such a confounded room to get about in.”
Confounded
adjective
US /kənˈfaʊndɪd/
annoying or confusing
From this reading “It's such a confounded room to get about in.”
Has
auxiliary verb
US /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing.”
Stopped
noun
US /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).”
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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 It's such a confounded room to get about in.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?
bookcase
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From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
Charteris
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From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?
confoundedadjectiveUS /kənˈfaʊndɪd/
annoying or confusing
From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
CRAVEN
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From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
crossed
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From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
dickens
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From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?
doing
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From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?
get
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From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
It's
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From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing.
room
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From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It's such a confounded room to get about in.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
there
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From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?
whirling
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From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading CRAVEN (who has crossed to the whirling bookcase and stopped it).
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What the dickens are you doing there, Charteris?