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Wild Margaret
Wild Margaret

Chapter III

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Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.
What should she do?
Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?
How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.
And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Wild Margaret

Chapter III

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.
Line 2
What should she do?
/wʌt ʃʊd ʃiː duː/
Line 3
Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?
Line 4
How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.
Line 5
And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?

Learner Dictionary

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

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?”

Plainly noun US /ˈplainly/

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

From this reading “Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.”

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.”

Seeing noun US /seeing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.”

Thinking noun US /thinking/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.”

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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 Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

all

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

annoyed

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

apology

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From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

discovery

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading What should she do?

downcast

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

earl

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

enveloped

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

eyes

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

figure

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

folds

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

grandmother

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?

heard

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?

How

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

kind

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From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

Margaret

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

murmur

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From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

Pass

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From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

patrician

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

people

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

perfectly

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/

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

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

seeing

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading What should she do?

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading What should she do?

some

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From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

tall

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

thinkingnounUS /thinking/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?

trespass

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

upset

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From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

velvet

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

violet

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From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And the earl himself, what was he thinking of her?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What should she do?

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

word

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From this reading Pass by him without a word, or murmur some kind of apology?

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading How upset and annoyed her grandmother would be when she heard of her trespass, and its discovery by the earl, of all people.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Margaret stood perfectly still, her eyes downcast, yet seeing quite plainly the tall patrician figure enveloped in the folds of violet velvet.