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Young Mr. Barter's Repentance
Young Mr. Barter's Repentance

Chapter III

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‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.
‘Ah!
That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.
‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’
‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Young Mr. Barter's Repentance

Chapter III

Reading 1/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.
Line 2
‘Ah!
Line 3
That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.
Line 4
‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’
Line 5
‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

Learner Dictionary

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

Answered noun US /ˈanswered/

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

From this reading “‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.”

All words in this reading · 35

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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 ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

Ah

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From this reading ‘Ah!

answerednounUS /ˈanswered/

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

From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

arréanti

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From this reading ‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

back

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

Barter

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From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

bit

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From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

day

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From this reading ‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

discovery

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From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

elder

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

falling

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

hundred

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From this reading ‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading ‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

interest

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading ‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

made

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From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading ‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ‘I made a little bit of a discovery,’ Barter answered.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading ‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

rascal

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

said

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

two

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From this reading ‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

utter

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

want

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From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading That was it, was it,’ said the elder rascal, falling back into his utter want of interest.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading ‘I will in a day or two,’ answered Barter, _arréanti_.

You'll

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From this reading ‘You’ll let me have that hundred.’