Chapter XIX
OUT OF HUMDRUM. Warm, how good and warm! but empty. Perfectly empty. Perfectly still. Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
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Chapter XIX
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OUT
OF
HUMDRUM.
Warm,
how
good
and
warm!
but
empty.
Perfectly
empty.
Perfectly
still.
Empty
pews,
and
empty
pulpit;
nobody,
not
a
head
visible
anywhere.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
OUT
OF
HUMDRUM.
Line 2
Warm,
how
good
and
warm!
but
empty.
Line 3
Perfectly
empty.
Line 4
Perfectly
still.
Line 5
Empty
pews,
and
empty
pulpit;
nobody,
not
a
head
visible
anywhere.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Warm, how good and warm! but empty.”
Nobody
pronoun
US /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perfectly still.”
All words in this reading · 19
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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 Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Warm, how good and warm! but empty.
anywhere
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From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Warm, how good and warm! but empty.
empty
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From this reading Warm, how good and warm! but empty.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Warm, how good and warm! but empty.
head
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From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
how
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From this reading Warm, how good and warm! but empty.
HUMDRUM
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From this reading OUT OF HUMDRUM.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OUT OF HUMDRUM.
OUT
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From this reading OUT OF HUMDRUM.
Perfectly
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From this reading Perfectly empty.
pews
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From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
pulpit
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From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perfectly still.
visible
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From this reading Empty pews, and empty pulpit; nobody, not a head visible anywhere.
Warm
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From this reading Warm, how good and warm! but empty.