Chapter I
"Go down, grandfather: I will watch." But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head. "Yet you can get no rest here.... "And the stars? And the tumult below?
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Chapter I
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"Go
down,
grandfather:
I
will
watch."
But
the
old
man
to
whom
the
entreaty
was
addressed
shook
his
shaven
head.
"Yet
you
can
get
no
rest
here....
"And
the
stars?
And
the
tumult
below?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Go
down,
grandfather:
I
will
watch."
Line 2
But
the
old
man
to
whom
the
entreaty
was
addressed
shook
his
shaven
head.
Line 3
"Yet
you
can
get
no
rest
here....
Line 4
"And
the
stars?
Line 5
And
the
tumult
below?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Below
preposition
US /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “And the tumult below?”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yet you can get no rest here....”
Rest
noun
US /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yet you can get no rest here....”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “"Yet you can get no rest here....”
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addressed
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And the stars?
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading And the tumult below?
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....
down
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From this reading "Go down, grandfather: I will watch."
entreaty
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
get
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From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....
Go
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From this reading "Go down, grandfather: I will watch."
grandfather
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From this reading "Go down, grandfather: I will watch."
head
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Go down, grandfather: I will watch."
man
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....
old
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....
shaven
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
shook
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From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
stars
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From this reading "And the stars?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
tumult
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From this reading And the tumult below?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
watch
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From this reading "Go down, grandfather: I will watch."
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the old man to whom the entreaty was addressed shook his shaven head.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Go down, grandfather: I will watch."
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yet you can get no rest here....