Chapter XXXVII
Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life. She sent him a little note of farewell: “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote. “We ought to be very happy. So few have as much.
Dangerous Days
Chapter XXXVII
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Very
quietly
Audrey
had
taken
herself
out
of
Clayton's
life.
She
sent
him
a
little
note
of
farewell:
“We
have
had
ten
very
wonderful
months,
Clay,”
she
wrote.
“We
ought
to
be
very
happy.
So
few
have
as
much.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Very
quietly
Audrey
had
taken
herself
out
of
Clayton's
life.
Line 2
She
sent
him
a
little
note
of
farewell:
Line 3
“We
have
had
ten
very
wonderful
months,
Clay,”
she
wrote.
Line 4
“We
ought
to
be
very
happy.
Line 5
So
few
have
as
much.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.”
Life
noun
US /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She sent him a little note of farewell:”
Ought
modal verb
US /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading ““We ought to be very happy.”
Wonderful
noun
US /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.”
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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 She sent him a little note of farewell:
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So few have as much.
Audrey
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From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “We ought to be very happy.
Clay
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From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.
Clayton's
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From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
farewell
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From this reading She sent him a little note of farewell:
few
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From this reading So few have as much.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
happy
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From this reading “We ought to be very happy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She sent him a little note of farewell:
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sent him a little note of farewell:
months
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From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.
much
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From this reading So few have as much.
note
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From this reading She sent him a little note of farewell:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “We ought to be very happy.
out
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From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
quietly
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From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
sent
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From this reading She sent him a little note of farewell:
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sent him a little note of farewell:
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So few have as much.
taken
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From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
ten
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From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We ought to be very happy.
Very
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From this reading Very quietly Audrey had taken herself out of Clayton's life.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.
wrote
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From this reading “We have had ten very wonderful months, Clay,” she wrote.