Chapter V
AUNT JANE. "Lift me up, Phibbs--no, not that way! Confound your awkwardness--do you want to break my back? There! That's better.
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Chapter V
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AUNT
JANE.
"Lift
me
up,
Phibbs--no,
not
that
way!
Confound
your
awkwardness--do
you
want
to
break
my
back?
There!
That's
better.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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AUNT
JANE.
Line 2
"Lift
me
up,
Phibbs--no,
not
that
way!
Line 3
Confound
your
awkwardness--do
you
want
to
break
my
back?
Line 4
There!
Line 5
That's
better.
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AUNT
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awkwardness
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back
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better
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break
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Confound
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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JANE
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From this reading AUNT JANE.
Lift
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Confound your awkwardness--do you want to break my back?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Lift me up, Phibbs--no, not that way!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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Phibbs
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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That's
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From this reading That's better.
There
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From this reading There!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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up
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want
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way
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Confound your awkwardness--do you want to break my back?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Confound your awkwardness--do you want to break my back?