Chapter V
For two days he had eaten nothing. No one gave him anything now. Every one's patience was exhausted. Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming: “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!
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Chapter V
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For
two
days
he
had
eaten
nothing.
No
one
gave
him
anything
now.
Every
one's
patience
was
exhausted.
Women
shouted
to
him
from
their
doorsteps
when
they
saw
him
coming:
“Be
off
with
you,
you
good-for-nothing
vagabond!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
For
two
days
he
had
eaten
nothing.
Line 2
No
one
gave
him
anything
now.
Line 3
Every
one's
patience
was
exhausted.
Line 4
Women
shouted
to
him
from
their
doorsteps
when
they
saw
him
coming:
Line 5
“Be
off
with
you,
you
good-for-nothing
vagabond!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Anything
pronoun
US /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “No one gave him anything now.”
Every
determiner
US /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one's patience was exhausted.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “For two days he had eaten nothing.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “No one gave him anything now.”
Shouted
noun
US /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:”
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anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading No one gave him anything now.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!
coming
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From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
days
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From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
doorsteps
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eaten
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From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one's patience was exhausted.
exhausted
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From this reading Every one's patience was exhausted.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
gave
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From this reading No one gave him anything now.
good-for-nothing
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From this reading “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No one gave him anything now.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one gave him anything now.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
now
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From this reading No one gave him anything now.
off
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From this reading “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one gave him anything now.
one's
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From this reading Every one's patience was exhausted.
patience
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From this reading Every one's patience was exhausted.
saw
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From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
two
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From this reading For two days he had eaten nothing.
vagabond
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From this reading “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every one's patience was exhausted.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!
Women
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From this reading Women shouted to him from their doorsteps when they saw him coming:
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Be off with you, you good-for-nothing vagabond!