Chapter XIII
‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil. There can be nothing there, you know.’ ‘Even so. Well, let’s think. It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
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Chapter XIII
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‘I
see
nothing
except
some
gray
blurs
in
the
pupil.
There
can
be
nothing
there,
you
know.’
‘Even
so.
Well,
let’s
think.
It’ll
take
half
a
day
to
knock
up
any
sort
of
coffin;
and
he
must
have
died
at
midnight.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
‘I
see
nothing
except
some
gray
blurs
in
the
pupil.
Line 2
There
can
be
nothing
there,
you
know.’
Line 3
‘Even
so.
/even soʊ/
Line 4
Well,
let’s
think.
Line 5
It’ll
take
half
a
day
to
knock
up
any
sort
of
coffin;
and
he
must
have
died
at
midnight.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Even
noun
US /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Even so.”
Except
preposition
US /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading “‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.”
Half
noun
US /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There can be nothing there, you know.’”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.”
Think
noun
US /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, let’s think.”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, let’s think.”
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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 It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
any
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There can be nothing there, you know.’
blurs
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From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There can be nothing there, you know.’
coffin
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
day
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
died
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Even so.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
gray
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From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
It'll
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
knock
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There can be nothing there, you know.’
let's
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From this reading Well, let’s think.
midnight
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
pupil
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From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
see
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From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘Even so.
some
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From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
sort
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I see nothing except some gray blurs in the pupil.
There
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From this reading There can be nothing there, you know.’
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, let’s think.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
up
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From this reading It’ll take half a day to knock up any sort of coffin; and he must have died at midnight.
Well
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From this reading Well, let’s think.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There can be nothing there, you know.’