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Chapter XVIII
"Good-morning, Mr. Benett. It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you." "And for me, professor, it is a great honor." "Honor, pleasure--pleasure, honor," laughed the professor. "One balances the other."
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 “It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"One balances the other."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
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From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And for me, professor, it is a great honor."
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From this reading "One balances the other."
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From this reading "Good-morning, Mr. Benett.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "And for me, professor, it is a great honor."
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From this reading "Good-morning, Mr. Benett.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And for me, professor, it is a great honor."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
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From this reading "Honor, pleasure--pleasure, honor," laughed the professor.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
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From this reading "Good-morning, Mr. Benett.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One balances the other."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "One balances the other."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And for me, professor, it is a great honor."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Honor, pleasure--pleasure, honor," laughed the professor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
at the time that
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is always a great pleasure to me when I have an opportunity to shake hands with you."
