Chapter XII
"Hey! Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!" "You needen be 'fraid, An'erson. I woulden hurt you fer whole United States. Where's my hussam, An'erson?"
Anderson Crow, Detective
Chapter XII
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"Hey!
Stop
wavin'
that
thing
around
like
that,
Lucy
Rank!"
"You
needen
be
'fraid,
An'erson.
I
woulden
hurt
you
fer
whole
United
States.
Where's
my
hussam,
An'erson?"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Hey!
Line 2
Stop
wavin'
that
thing
around
like
that,
Lucy
Rank!"
Line 3
"You
needen
be
'fraid,
An'erson.
Line 4
I
woulden
hurt
you
fer
whole
United
States.
Line 5
Where's
my
hussam,
An'erson?"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Around
preposition
US /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"”
All words in this reading · 24
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An'erson
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From this reading "You needen be 'fraid, An'erson.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You needen be 'fraid, An'erson.
fer
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From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
fraid
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From this reading "You needen be 'fraid, An'erson.
Hey
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From this reading "Hey!
hurt
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From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
hussam
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From this reading Where's my hussam, An'erson?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
like
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From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
Lucy
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From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Where's my hussam, An'erson?"
needen
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From this reading "You needen be 'fraid, An'erson.
Rank
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From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
States
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From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
Stop
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From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
United
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From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
wavin
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From this reading Stop wavin' that thing around like that, Lucy Rank!"
Where's
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From this reading Where's my hussam, An'erson?"
whole
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From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
woulden
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From this reading I woulden hurt you fer whole United States.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You needen be 'fraid, An'erson.