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Amabel Channice
Amabel Channice

Chapter VI

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Sir Hugh stared at him.
Then he burst into a shout of laughter.
"You young fool!" he said.
Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.
"You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Amabel Channice

Chapter VI

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Sir Hugh stared at him.
Line 2
Then he burst into a shout of laughter.
Line 3
"You young fool!" he said.
Line 4
Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.
Line 5
"You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

Learner Dictionary

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

Fool noun US /fool/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"You young fool!" he said.”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.”

All words in this reading · 32

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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 Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sir Hugh stared at him.

Augustine's

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From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

burst

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From this reading Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

eyes

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From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

foolnounUS /fool/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "You young fool!" he said.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

heavier

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From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Sir Hugh stared at him.

Hugh

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From this reading Sir Hugh stared at him.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

laughing

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From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

laughter

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From this reading Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

lightnings

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From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

said

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From this reading "You young fool!" he said.

shout

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From this reading Then he burst into a shout of laughter.

Sir

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sky

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From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

stared

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From this reading Sir Hugh stared at him.

storm-swept

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From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

stress

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From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

Then

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weighting

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From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading Augustine's eyes were lightnings in a storm-swept sky.

word

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From this reading "You young fool," Sir Hugh repeated, not laughing, a heavier stress weighting each repeated word.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You young fool!" he said.

young

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From this reading "You young fool!" he said.