Chapter XI
"Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes. "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden." "Oh, ho' very good of you! Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!" "Me talk?
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Chapter XI
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"Talk
all
you
want,"
said
Alma,
squinting
her
eyes.
"And
you
needn't
be
either
adamantine,
nor
yet--wooden."
"Oh,
ho'
very
good
of
you!
Well,
if
Ah
can
toak--go
on,
Mr.
Fulkerson!"
"Me
talk?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Talk
all
you
want,"
said
Alma,
squinting
her
eyes.
Line 2
"And
you
needn't
be
either
adamantine,
nor
yet--wooden."
Line 3
"Oh,
ho'
very
good
of
you!
Line 4
Well,
if
Ah
can
toak--go
on,
Mr.
Fulkerson!"
Line 5
"Me
talk?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Either
determiner
US /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading “"And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, ho' very good of you!”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “"And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."”
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adamantine
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From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
Ah
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From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
all
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
Alma
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
eyes
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
Fulkerson
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From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
go
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From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, ho' very good of you!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
ho
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From this reading "Oh, ho' very good of you!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
MepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Me talk?
Mr
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From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
needn't
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From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, ho' very good of you!
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, ho' very good of you!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
said
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
squinting
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
Talk
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
toak
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From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
very
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From this reading "Oh, ho' very good of you!
want
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From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.
Well
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From this reading Well, if Ah can toak--go on, Mr. Fulkerson!"
wooden
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From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading "And you needn't be either adamantine, nor yet--wooden."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Talk all you want," said Alma, squinting her eyes.