Chapter V
Malone sighed and turned back to the phone. "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said. "She couldn't be. Nobody is. Just a nut."
Brain Twister
Chapter V
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Malone
sighed
and
turned
back
to
the
phone.
"Of
course
she
isn't
immortal,
Chief,"
he
said.
"She
couldn't
be.
Nobody
is.
Just
a
nut."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Malone
sighed
and
turned
back
to
the
phone.
Line 2
"Of
course
she
isn't
immortal,
Chief,"
he
said.
Line 3
"She
couldn't
be.
Line 4
Nobody
is.
/ˈnoʊbɑːdiː ɪz/
Line 5
Just
a
nut."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Course
noun
US /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.”
Immortal
adj
US /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading “"Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.”
Nobody
pronoun
US /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody is.”
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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 Just a nut."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
back
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From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "She couldn't be.
Chief
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From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
couldn't
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From this reading "She couldn't be.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nobody is.
isn't
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From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
Just
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From this reading Just a nut."
Malone
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From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody is.
nut
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From this reading Just a nut."
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
phone
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From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
said
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From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Of course she isn't immortal, Chief," he said.
sighed
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From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.
turned
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From this reading Malone sighed and turned back to the phone.