Chapter VI
'Ah! here you are! Don't kill yourselves. Plenty of time--for us! Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors. Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
Eleanor
Chapter VI
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'Ah!
here
you
are!
Don't
kill
yourselves.
Plenty
of
time--for
us!
Listen--there's
the
bell--eight
o'clock--now
they
open
the
doors.
Goodness!--Look
at
the
rush--and
those
little
Italian
chaps
tackling
those
strapping
priests.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
'Ah!
here
you
are!
Line 2
Don't
kill
yourselves.
Line 3
Plenty
of
time--for
us!
Line 4
Listen--there's
the
bell--eight
o'clock--now
they
open
the
doors.
Line 5
Goodness!--Look
at
the
rush--and
those
little
Italian
chaps
tackling
those
strapping
priests.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Ah! here you are!”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.”
Open
verb
US /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.”
Those
determiner
US /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Plenty of time--for us!”
Yourselves
pronoun
US /jʊrˈselvz/
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “Don't kill yourselves.”
All words in this reading · 34
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Ah
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From this reading 'Ah! here you are!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Ah! here you are!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
bell
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
chaps
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
Don't
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From this reading Don't kill yourselves.
doors
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
eight
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Plenty of time--for us!
Goodness
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Ah! here you are!
Italian
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
kill
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From this reading Don't kill yourselves.
Listen
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
now
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
o'clock
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Plenty of time--for us!
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
Plenty
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From this reading Plenty of time--for us!
priests
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
rush
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
strapping
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
tackling
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From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
there's
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From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Listen--there's the bell--eight o'clock--now they open the doors.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Goodness!--Look at the rush--and those little Italian chaps tackling those strapping priests.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Plenty of time--for us!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Plenty of time--for us!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Ah! here you are!
yourselvespronounUS /jʊrˈselvz/
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading Don't kill yourselves.