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Under the Redwoods
Under the Redwoods

Chapter XV

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Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
“You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
“Never,” said the young girl innocently.
“True,” murmured the professor again.
“These are the classic ideal measurements.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Under the Redwoods

Chapter XV

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
Line 2
“You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
Line 3
“Never,” said the young girl innocently.
Line 4
“True,” murmured the professor again.
Line 5
“These are the classic ideal measurements.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““True,” murmured the professor again.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ““You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?””

Hers pronoun US /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading “Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?””

Stopped noun US /stopped/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.”

Suddenly noun US /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading ““These are the classic ideal measurements.”

All words in this reading · 34

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againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.

almost

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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.

classic

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From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.

drawn

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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

eyes

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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

girl

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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

herspronounUS /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

human

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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

ideal

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From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.

innocently

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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.

mademoiselle

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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

measurements

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From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.

model

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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

murmured

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From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

professor

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From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.

said

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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.

say

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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

searchingly

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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

stoppednounUS /stopped/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.

True

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From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.

turned

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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”

young

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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.