Chapter XXXVIII
‘Not now--not now.’ ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’ ‘You cannot,’ she said faintly. His words began to terrify her. ‘I will, I say!’ he exclaimed.
Desperate Remedies
Chapter XXXVIII
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‘Not
now--not
now.’
‘I
am
your
husband,
I
tell
you,
and
I
must
come
in.’
‘You
cannot,’
she
said
faintly.
His
words
began
to
terrify
her.
‘I
will,
I
say!’
he
exclaimed.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
‘Not
now--not
now.’
Line 2
‘I
am
your
husband,
I
tell
you,
and
I
must
come
in.’
Line 3
‘You
cannot,’
she
said
faintly.
Line 4
His
words
began
to
terrify
her.
Line 5
‘I
will,
I
say!’
he
exclaimed.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Began
noun
US /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His words began to terrify her.”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’”
Tell
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’”
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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His words began to terrify her.
cannot
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From this reading ‘You cannot,’ she said faintly.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
exclaimed
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From this reading ‘I will, I say!’ he exclaimed.
faintly
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From this reading ‘You cannot,’ she said faintly.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘I will, I say!’ he exclaimed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His words began to terrify her.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His words began to terrify her.
husband
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From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘Not now--not now.’
now
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From this reading ‘Not now--not now.’
said
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From this reading ‘You cannot,’ she said faintly.
say
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From this reading ‘I will, I say!’ he exclaimed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘You cannot,’ she said faintly.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
terrify
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From this reading His words began to terrify her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His words began to terrify her.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘I will, I say!’ he exclaimed.
words
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From this reading His words began to terrify her.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I am your husband, I tell you, and I must come in.’