Chapter X
CURRAN’S WATCH IT was a moment before Baldwin could pull himself together. “I can’t seem to sense it,” he said, musingly. “That watch,--hidden in Miss Fuller’s room! Oh,--I see,--it’s a plant!” “A plant?” inquired Roly.
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Chapter X
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CURRAN’S
WATCH
IT
was
a
moment
before
Baldwin
could
pull
himself
together.
“I
can’t
seem
to
sense
it,”
he
said,
musingly.
“That
watch,--hidden
in
Miss
Fuller’s
room!
Oh,--I
see,--it’s
a
plant!”
“A
plant?”
inquired
Roly.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
CURRAN’S
WATCH
IT
was
a
moment
before
Baldwin
could
pull
himself
together.
Line 2
“I
can’t
seem
to
sense
it,”
he
said,
musingly.
Line 3
“That
watch,--hidden
in
Miss
Fuller’s
room!
Line 4
Oh,--I
see,--it’s
a
plant!”
Line 5
“A
plant?”
inquired
Roly.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “CURRAN’S WATCH IT was a moment before Baldwin could pull himself together.”
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “CURRAN’S WATCH IT was a moment before Baldwin could pull himself together.”
Himself
pronoun
US /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “CURRAN’S WATCH IT was a moment before Baldwin could pull himself together.”
Inquired
noun
US /ˈinquired/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““A plant?” inquired Roly.”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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Baldwin
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
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can't
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
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CURRAN'S
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Fuller's
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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hidden
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himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading CURRAN’S WATCH IT was a moment before Baldwin could pull himself together.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t seem to sense it,” he said, musingly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “That watch,--hidden in Miss Fuller’s room!
inquirednounUS /ˈinquired/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A plant?” inquired Roly.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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it's
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Miss
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moment
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musingly
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Oh
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plant
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pull
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Roly
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room
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said
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see
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seem
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sense
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ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That watch,--hidden in Miss Fuller’s room!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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together
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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WATCH
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