Chapter XXI
UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?" Julian asked, when their visitors had left them. "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply. "She's got a good deal to say for herself." Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
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Chapter XXI
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UNDER-CURRENTS
"Well,
how
do
you
like
her?"
Julian
asked,
when
their
visitors
had
left
them.
"Oh,
I
dare
say
she's
all
right,"
was
the
reply.
"She's
got
a
good
deal
to
say
for
herself."
Julian
turned
away,
and
walked
about
the
room.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
UNDER-CURRENTS
"Well,
how
do
you
like
her?"
Line 2
Julian
asked,
when
their
visitors
had
left
them.
Line 3
"Oh,
I
dare
say
she's
all
right,"
was
the
reply.
Line 4
"She's
got
a
good
deal
to
say
for
herself."
Line 5
Julian
turned
away,
and
walked
about
the
room.
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 “Julian turned away, and walked about the room.”
Asked
noun
US /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"She's got a good deal to say for herself."”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “"She's got a good deal to say for herself."”
Left
noun
US /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.”
Right
noun
US /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"”
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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 "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
all
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From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
away
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From this reading Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
dare
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From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
deal
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From this reading "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
got
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From this reading "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
how
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From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
Julian
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From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
like
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From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"
Oh
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reply
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From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
room
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From this reading Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
say
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From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
she's
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From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She's got a good deal to say for herself."
turned
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From this reading Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
UNDER-CURRENTS
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From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"
visitors
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From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
walked
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From this reading Julian turned away, and walked about the room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, I dare say she's all right," was the reply.
Well
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From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Julian asked, when their visitors had left them.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading UNDER-CURRENTS "Well, how do you like her?"