Chapter XII
Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm. “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air. Don’t you feel it?” Winton murmured: “No moon to-night!” Again they were silent.
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Gyp’s
hand
slipped
through
his
arm.
“All
these
people
in
love,
and
so
dark
and
whispery—it
makes
a
sort
of
strangeness
in
the
air.
Don’t
you
feel
it?”
Winton
murmured:
“No
moon
to-night!”
Again
they
were
silent.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Gyp’s
hand
slipped
through
his
arm.
Line 2
“All
these
people
in
love,
and
so
dark
and
whispery—it
makes
a
sort
of
strangeness
in
the
air.
Line 3
Don’t
you
feel
it?”
Line 4
Winton
murmured:
“No
moon
to-night!”
Line 5
Again
they
were
silent.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Again they were silent.”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm.”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm.”
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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 “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again they were silent.
air
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
All
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
arm
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From this reading Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm.
dark
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Don't
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feel
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Gyp's
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hand
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
love
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makes
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
moon
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From this reading Winton murmured: “No moon to-night!”
murmured
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From this reading Winton murmured: “No moon to-night!”
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Winton murmured: “No moon to-night!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
people
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
silent
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From this reading Again they were silent.
slipped
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From this reading Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
sort
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
strangeness
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Again they were silent.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gyp’s hand slipped through his arm.
to-night
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From this reading Winton murmured: “No moon to-night!”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Again they were silent.
whispery
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From this reading “All these people in love, and so dark and whispery—it makes a sort of strangeness in the air.
Winton
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From this reading Winton murmured: “No moon to-night!”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don’t you feel it?”