Chapter XXI
V
‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’ ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied. ‘She is delighted with “Two Gables”. Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’ ‘What a good thing!’
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Chapter XXI · V
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‘My
wife,’
said
Colonel
Innes,
‘is
looking
extremely
well.’
‘She
seems
so,
indeed,’
Madeline
replied.
‘She
is
delighted
with
“Two
Gables”.
Likes
it
better,
she
says,
than
any
other
house
we
could
have
got.’
‘What
a
good
thing!’
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Line 1
‘My
wife,’
said
Colonel
Innes,
‘is
looking
extremely
well.’
Line 2
‘She
seems
so,
indeed,’
Madeline
replied.
Line 3
‘She
is
delighted
with
“Two
Gables”.
Line 4
Likes
it
better,
she
says,
than
any
other
house
we
could
have
got.’
Line 5
‘What
a
good
thing!’
/wʌt ə good thing/
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘What a good thing!’”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’”
Replied
noun
US /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘What a good thing!’”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’”
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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 ‘What a good thing!’
any
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
better
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
Colonel
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
delighted
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From this reading ‘She is delighted with “Two Gables”.
extremely
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
Gables
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From this reading ‘She is delighted with “Two Gables”.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘What a good thing!’
got
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
house
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
indeed
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From this reading ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.
Innes
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
Likes
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
looking
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
Madeline
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From this reading ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
other
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.
said
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
says
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From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
seems
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From this reading ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘She seems so, indeed,’ Madeline replied.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘What a good thing!’
Two
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From this reading ‘She is delighted with “Two Gables”.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Likes it better, she says, than any other house we could have got.’
well
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What a good thing!’
wife
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From this reading ‘My wife,’ said Colonel Innes, ‘is looking extremely well.’
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘She is delighted with “Two Gables”.