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A Rough Shaking
A Rough Shaking

Chapter XVI

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A NEW ENTRANCE.
Clare sped jubilant.
But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!
The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!
For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Rough Shaking

Chapter XVI

Reading 1/10 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A NEW ENTRANCE.
Line 2
Clare sped jubilant.
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But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!
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The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!
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For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

Same noun US /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

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

From this reading “The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!”

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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 A NEW ENTRANCE.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

anvil

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

become

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From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

came

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

check

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

Clare

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From this reading Clare sped jubilant.

climb

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

clink

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

daylight

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

discovered

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From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

door

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

drop

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

ENTRANCE

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From this reading A NEW ENTRANCE.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

go

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

hammer

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

heard

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

jubilant

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From this reading Clare sped jubilant.

jubilation

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

moment

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

much

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

NEW

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From this reading A NEW ENTRANCE.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

retreat

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From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

risk

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

samenounUS /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

smith's

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

soon

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

sped

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From this reading Clare sped jubilant.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

too

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

top

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

wall

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From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading For what would become of them if their retreat was discovered!

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading But soon came a check to his jubilation: it was one thing to drop from the wall, and quite another to climb to the top of it without the help of the door!

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!

yard

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From this reading The same moment he heard the clink of the smith’s hammer on his anvil, and to go by his yard in daylight would be to risk too much!