Chapter VII
But the girl wrested herself away. "Let me go! I won't have it! Do you understand?" And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
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Chapter VII
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But
the
girl
wrested
herself
away.
"Let
me
go!
I
won't
have
it!
Do
you
understand?"
And
then,
to
mitigate
the
sharpness
of
her
rebuke,
and
also
to
change
the
conversation,
she
said:
"It
is
beginning
to
turn
cold.
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Line 1
But
the
girl
wrested
herself
away.
Line 2
"Let
me
go!
Line 3
I
won't
have
it!
Line 4
Do
you
understand?"
/duː juː understand/
Line 5
And
then,
to
mitigate
the
sharpness
of
her
rebuke,
and
also
to
change
the
conversation,
she
said:
"It
is
beginning
to
turn
cold.
Learner Dictionary
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Beginning
noun
US /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I won't have it!”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “But the girl wrested herself away.”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Let me go!”
Understand
noun
US /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you understand?"”
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also
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
away
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From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.
change
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
cold
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
conversation
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you understand?"
girl
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From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.
go
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From this reading "Let me go!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I won't have it!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I won't have it!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I won't have it!
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me go!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me go!
mitigate
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
rebuke
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
said
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
sharpness
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.
then
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
turn
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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do you understand?"
won't
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From this reading I won't have it!
wrested
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From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you understand?"