Chapter II
MILLIKEN.--My dear, darling boy! I left them at the office. What a silly papa I was to forget them! Parkins forgot them. GEORGE.--Then turn him away, I say!
The Wolves and the Lamb
Chapter II
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MILLIKEN.--My
dear,
darling
boy!
I
left
them
at
the
office.
What
a
silly
papa
I
was
to
forget
them!
Parkins
forgot
them.
GEORGE.--Then
turn
him
away,
I
say!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
MILLIKEN.--My
dear,
darling
boy!
Line 2
I
left
them
at
the
office.
Line 3
What
a
silly
papa
I
was
to
forget
them!
Line 4
Parkins
forgot
them.
Line 5
GEORGE.--Then
turn
him
away,
I
say!
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Left
noun
US /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I left them at the office.”
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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 silly papa I was to forget them!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I left them at the office.
away
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boy
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darling
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dear
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forget
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forgot
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From this reading Parkins forgot them.
GEORGE
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From this reading GEORGE.--Then turn him away, I say!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading GEORGE.--Then turn him away, I say!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I left them at the office.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left them at the office.
MILLIKEN
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MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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office
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papa
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Parkins
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say
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silly
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I left them at the office.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I left them at the office.
Then
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What a silly papa I was to forget them!
turn
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What a silly papa I was to forget them!
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a silly papa I was to forget them!