Chapter XXIV
Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly. The time is up. They open the inner door reluctantly. The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile. "The heart still beats," they whisper.
Jolly Sally Pendleton
Chapter XXIV
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Sally
Pendleton
and
her
mother
watched
their
faces
keenly.
The
time
is
up.
They
open
the
inner
door
reluctantly.
The
two
doctors,
bending
over
their
patient,
look
up
with
a
smile.
"The
heart
still
beats,"
they
whisper.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Sally
Pendleton
and
her
mother
watched
their
faces
keenly.
Line 2
The
time
is
up.
Line 3
They
open
the
inner
door
reluctantly.
Line 4
The
two
doctors,
bending
over
their
patient,
look
up
with
a
smile.
Line 5
"The
heart
still
beats,"
they
whisper.
Learner Dictionary
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Keenly
adverb
US /ˈkiːnli/
with sharp attention or strong interest
From this reading “Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.”
Open
verb
US /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “They open the inner door reluctantly.”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The heart still beats," they whisper.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The time is up.”
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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 The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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beats
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bending
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doctors
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door
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faces
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heart
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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inner
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From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The time is up.
keenlyadverbUS /ˈkiːnli/
with sharp attention or strong interest
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
mother
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openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
patient
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Pendleton
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reluctantly
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From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
Sally
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smile
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From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The heart still beats," they whisper.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The time is up.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time is up.
two
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From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
up
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From this reading The time is up.
watched
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From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
whisper
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From this reading "The heart still beats," they whisper.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.