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Chapter XXXII
When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell. There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm. Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read. The room was tidy, but very dreary. Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
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From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
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From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
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From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
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From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
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From this reading The room was tidy, but very dreary.
apart from; not including
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
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From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
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From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
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From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
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From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
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From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
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From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
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From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room was tidy, but very dreary.
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From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Except one number of _The Family Herald_, he had nothing to read.
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From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
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From this reading The room was tidy, but very dreary.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
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From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room was tidy, but very dreary.
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From this reading There he found Arthur, in bed and unattended, but covered up warm.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The room was tidy, but very dreary.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
at the time that
From this reading When Richard reached London, he went straight to Clerkenwell.
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From this reading Richard asked him why he did not move into the front room.
