Chapter XXV
_Note 1. Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.” _Note 2. Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.” _Note 1.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance
Chapter XXV
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_Note
1.
Author’s
note_.--“Make
the
following
scene
emblematic
of
the
world’s
treatment
of
a
dissenter.”
_Note
2.
Author’s
note_.--“Yankee
characteristics
should
be
shown
in
the
schoolmaster’s
manners.”
_Note
1.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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1.
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Author’s
note_.--“Make
the
following
scene
emblematic
of
the
world’s
treatment
of
a
dissenter.”
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_Note
2.
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Author’s
note_.--“Yankee
characteristics
should
be
shown
in
the
schoolmaster’s
manners.”
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1.
Learner Dictionary
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Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.””
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1
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2
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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 Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
Author's
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
characteristics
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dissenter
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emblematic
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following
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
MakenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
manners
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
Note
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
scene
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
schoolmaster's
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shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
shown
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
treatment
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world's
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Yankee
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”