Chapter VI
“Good-by, Monsieur Sauvage,” he faltered. “Good-by, Monsieur Morissot,” replied Sauvage. They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery. The officer cried: “Fire!” The twelve shots were as one.
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Chapter VI
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“Good-by,
Monsieur
Sauvage,”
he
faltered.
“Good-by,
Monsieur
Morissot,”
replied
Sauvage.
They
shook
hands,
trembling
from
head
to
foot
with
a
dread
beyond
their
mastery.
The
officer
cried:
“Fire!”
The
twelve
shots
were
as
one.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Good-by,
Monsieur
Sauvage,”
he
faltered.
Line 2
“Good-by,
Monsieur
Morissot,”
replied
Sauvage.
Line 3
They
shook
hands,
trembling
from
head
to
foot
with
a
dread
beyond
their
mastery.
Line 4
The
officer
cried:
“Fire!”
Line 5
The
twelve
shots
were
as
one.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Beyond
preposition
US /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.”
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The officer cried: “Fire!””
Foot
noun
US /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The twelve shots were as one.”
Replied
noun
US /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good-by, Monsieur Morissot,” replied Sauvage.”
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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 They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The twelve shots were as one.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The officer cried: “Fire!”
dread
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From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
faltered
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From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Sauvage,” he faltered.
Fire
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From this reading The officer cried: “Fire!”
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
Good-by
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From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Sauvage,” he faltered.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Sauvage,” he faltered.
head
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From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
mastery
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From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
Monsieur
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From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Sauvage,” he faltered.
Morissot
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From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Morissot,” replied Sauvage.
officer
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From this reading The officer cried: “Fire!”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The twelve shots were as one.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Morissot,” replied Sauvage.
Sauvage
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From this reading “Good-by, Monsieur Sauvage,” he faltered.
shook
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From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
shots
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From this reading The twelve shots were as one.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The officer cried: “Fire!”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
trembling
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From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.
twelve
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From this reading The twelve shots were as one.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The twelve shots were as one.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They shook hands, trembling from head to foot with a dread beyond their mastery.