Chapter XX
"Take me home!--take me home quick! I want to talk to you. Not now--not here!" The car flew along. Mark barely looked at Delia.
Delia Blanchflower
Chapter XX
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"Take
me
home!--take
me
home
quick!
I
want
to
talk
to
you.
Not
now--not
here!"
The
car
flew
along.
Mark
barely
looked
at
Delia.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Take
me
home!--take
me
home
quick!
Line 2
I
want
to
talk
to
you.
Line 3
Not
now--not
here!"
Line 4
The
car
flew
along.
Line 5
Mark
barely
looked
at
Delia.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Along
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The car flew along.”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Not now--not here!"”
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mark barely looked at Delia.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Take me home!--take me home quick!”
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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The car flew along.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mark barely looked at Delia.
barely
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From this reading Mark barely looked at Delia.
car
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From this reading The car flew along.
Delia
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From this reading Mark barely looked at Delia.
flew
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From this reading The car flew along.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not now--not here!"
home
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From this reading "Take me home!--take me home quick!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I want to talk to you.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mark barely looked at Delia.
Mark
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From this reading Mark barely looked at Delia.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Take me home!--take me home quick!
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not now--not here!"
now
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From this reading Not now--not here!"
quick
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From this reading "Take me home!--take me home quick!
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Take me home!--take me home quick!
talk
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From this reading I want to talk to you.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The car flew along.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want to talk to you.
want
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From this reading I want to talk to you.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I want to talk to you.