Chapter XXI
SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you? But I am not to be captured! Take the cannons away! Bring up the artillery! Forward the light brigade!
Dave Porter and the Runaways
Chapter XXI
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SOMETHING
OF
A
CLEW
"Ha!
ha!
you
are
the
army
sent
to
capture
me,
are
you?
But
I
am
not
to
be
captured!
Take
the
cannons
away!
Bring
up
the
artillery!
Forward
the
light
brigade!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
SOMETHING
OF
A
CLEW
"Ha!
ha!
you
are
the
army
sent
to
capture
me,
are
you?
Line 2
But
I
am
not
to
be
captured!
Line 3
Take
the
cannons
away!
Line 4
Bring
up
the
artillery!
Line 5
Forward
the
light
brigade!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Forward
noun
US /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Forward the light brigade!”
SOMETHING
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take the cannons away!”
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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 SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
army
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From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
artillery
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From this reading Bring up the artillery!
away
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From this reading Take the cannons away!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
brigade
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From this reading Forward the light brigade!
Bring
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From this reading Bring up the artillery!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
cannons
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From this reading Take the cannons away!
capture
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From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
captured
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From this reading But I am not to be captured!
CLEW
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From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
ForwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Forward the light brigade!
Ha
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From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
light
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From this reading Forward the light brigade!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
sent
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From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take the cannons away!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
up
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From this reading Bring up the artillery!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?