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Tom Brown at Oxford

Chapter XI · The Captain's Notions

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The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.
Why what's the matter, sir?
Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."
"Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.
I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."
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Tom Brown at Oxford

Chapter XI · The Captain's Notions

Chapter XI of Tom Brown at Oxford, “The Captain's Notions,” is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/62 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.
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Why what's the matter, sir?
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Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."
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"Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.
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I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."

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Blood noun US /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “"Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “"Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.”

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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 The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

all

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

Ambrose's

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

barmaid

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

basin

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."

best

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

Bless

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."

Brown

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

cold

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

covered

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From this reading Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."

cried

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

dear

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

Dick

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

doctor

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

don't

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

dropped

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

Drysdale

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

ejaculation

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

exclaimed

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

eyes

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

foreman

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

frightened

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From this reading I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."

gentlemen

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

get

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

go

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

Here

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

hostess

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

I'm

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From this reading I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

interrupted

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

isn't

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

it's

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

jumping

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

lady

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

laughing

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

little

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

matter

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From this reading Why what's the matter, sir?

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

minute

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

Miss

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

moment

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

Muster

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

Oh

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

old

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

Patty

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

please

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

poor

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

presentable

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

quite

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

room

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

round

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

run

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

sir

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From this reading Why what's the matter, sir?

sorry

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From this reading I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."

stared

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

start

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

tell

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

then

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

Tom

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

towel

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

turned

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

up

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

very

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From this reading I'm very sorry to have frightened you all."

water

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.

what's

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From this reading Why what's the matter, sir?

Why

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From this reading Why what's the matter, sir?

wi

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From this reading Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

work

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From this reading The old lady dropped her work, the barmaid turned round with a start and little ejaculation, and the foreman stared with all his eyes for a moment, and then, jumping up, exclaimed-- "Bless us, if it isn't Muster Drysdale and Muster Brown, of Ambrose's.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Muster Brown, you be all covered wi' blood, sir."

young

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From this reading "Oh dear me! poor young gentlemen!" cried the hostess;--"Here, Patty, run and tell Dick to go for the doctor, and get the best room--" "No, please don't; it's nothing at all," interrupted Tom, laughing;--"a basin of cold water and a towel, if you please, Miss Patty, and I shall be quite presentable in a minute.