Chapter IX
“Name’s Weber. We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.” “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper. “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?” I asked after a sickening pause.
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“Name’s
Weber.
We
pulled
off
a
raid
last
night,
and
he
and
a
fellow
named
Sands
got
grabbed.”
“Weber?”
said
Mr.
Burton,
forgetting
to
whisper.
“You—you
don’t
mean
Captain
Weber?”
I
asked
after
a
sickening
pause.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Name’s
Weber.
Line 2
We
pulled
off
a
raid
last
night,
and
he
and
a
fellow
named
Sands
got
grabbed.”
Line 3
“Weber?”
said
Mr.
Burton,
forgetting
to
whisper.
Line 4
“You—you
don’t
mean
Captain
Weber?”
Line 5
I
asked
after
a
sickening
pause.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
After
preposition
US /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “I asked after a sickening pause.”
Asked
noun
US /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I asked after a sickening pause.”
Captain
noun
US /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?””
Last
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.””
Pulled
noun
US /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.””
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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 We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
Burton
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From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
don't
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From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
fellow
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
forgetting
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From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
got
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
grabbed
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
mean
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From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
Mr
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From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
Name's
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From this reading “Name’s Weber.
named
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night
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
off
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
pause
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From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
raid
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
said
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From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
Sands
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From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
sickening
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From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
Weber
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From this reading “Name’s Weber.
whisper
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From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”