Chapter X
WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes. Gypsy was very pale. _"Then we are lost!"_ "Yes." Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry. Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
Gypsy's Cousin Joy
Chapter X
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WE
ARE
LOST
The
two
girls,
still
clasping
hands,
looked
into
each
other's
eyes.
Gypsy
was
very
pale.
_"Then
we
are
lost!"_
"Yes."
Joy
broke
into
a
sort
of
sobbing
cry.
Gypsy
squeezed
her
hand
very
tightly,
with
quivering
lips.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
WE
ARE
LOST
The
two
girls,
still
clasping
hands,
looked
into
each
other's
eyes.
Line 2
Gypsy
was
very
pale.
Line 3
_"Then
we
are
lost!"_
"Yes."
Line 4
Joy
broke
into
a
sort
of
sobbing
cry.
Line 5
Gypsy
squeezed
her
hand
very
tightly,
with
quivering
lips.
Learner Dictionary
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Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.”
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.”
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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 Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
broke
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From this reading Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
clasping
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From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
cry
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From this reading Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
eyes
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From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
girls
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From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
Gypsy
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From this reading Gypsy was very pale.
hand
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From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
Joy
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From this reading Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
lips
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From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
LOST
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From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
other's
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From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
pale
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From this reading Gypsy was very pale.
quivering
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From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
sobbing
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From this reading Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
sort
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From this reading Joy broke into a sort of sobbing cry.
squeezed
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From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
Then
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From this reading _"Then we are lost!"_ "Yes."
tightly
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From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
two
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From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
very
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From this reading Gypsy was very pale.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gypsy was very pale.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE ARE LOST The two girls, still clasping hands, looked into each other's eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Gypsy squeezed her hand very tightly, with quivering lips.
Yes
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From this reading _"Then we are lost!"_ "Yes."