Chapter II
"No, I don't think anything, and don't you. Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet? Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?" "No, father." "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
Cutlass and Cudgel
Chapter II
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"No,
I
don't
think
anything,
and
don't
you.
Will
you
keep
that
rattle
tongue
of
yours
quiet?
Never
know
me
go
chattering
about
luggers,
do
you?"
"No,
father."
"Then
set
your
teeth
hard,
or
you'll
never
be
a
man
worth
your
salt.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"No,
I
don't
think
anything,
and
don't
you.
Line 2
Will
you
keep
that
rattle
tongue
of
yours
quiet?
Line 3
Never
know
me
go
chattering
about
luggers,
do
you?"
Line 4
"No,
father."
Line 5
"Then
set
your
teeth
hard,
or
you'll
never
be
a
man
worth
your
salt.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
About
preposition
US /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"”
Anything
pronoun
US /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “"No, I don't think anything, and don't you.”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"”
Think
noun
US /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"No, I don't think anything, and don't you.”
Tongue
noun
US /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?”
Yours
pronoun
US /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?”
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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 set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
chattering
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From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
don't
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From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
father
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From this reading "No, father."
go
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From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
hard
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
keep
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From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
luggers
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From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
man
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never know me go chattering about luggers, do you?"
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
quiet
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From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
rattle
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From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
salt
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
set
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
teeth
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
Then
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?
worth
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "No, I don't think anything, and don't you.
you'll
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From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then set your teeth hard, or you'll never be a man worth your salt.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Will you keep that rattle tongue of yours quiet?