Chapter II
Jayjay pushed Smith aside. "Let me take a look." Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him. He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection. "Hm-m-m."
Hanging by a Thread
Chapter II
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Jayjay
pushed
Smith
aside.
"Let
me
take
a
look."
Smith
frowned
as
though
he
resented
an
ordinary
passenger
shoving
him
around,
but
Jayjay
ignored
him.
He
cocked
his
head
to
one
side
and
looked
at
the
connection.
"Hm-m-m."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
Jayjay
pushed
Smith
aside.
Line 2
"Let
me
take
a
look."
/let miː take ə look/
Line 3
Smith
frowned
as
though
he
resented
an
ordinary
passenger
shoving
him
around,
but
Jayjay
ignored
him.
Line 4
He
cocked
his
head
to
one
side
and
looked
at
the
connection.
Line 5
"Hm-m-m."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Around
preposition
US /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Let me take a look."”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Let me take a look."”
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Let me take a look."”
Though
conjunction
US /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.”
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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 "Let me take a look."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
aside
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From this reading Jayjay pushed Smith aside.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
cocked
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From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
connection
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From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
frowned
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From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
head
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From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
Hm-m-m
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From this reading "Hm-m-m."
ignored
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From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
Jayjay
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From this reading Jayjay pushed Smith aside.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me take a look."
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let me take a look."
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me take a look."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
ordinary
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From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
passenger
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From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
pushed
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From this reading Jayjay pushed Smith aside.
resented
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From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
shoving
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From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
side
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From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
Smith
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From this reading Jayjay pushed Smith aside.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let me take a look."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Smith frowned as though he resented an ordinary passenger shoving him around, but Jayjay ignored him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He cocked his head to one side and looked at the connection.