Chapter II
GREGORY. For heaven's sake pull yourself together. It's a question of self-control. MRS. JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
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GREGORY.
For
heaven's
sake
pull
yourself
together.
It's
a
question
of
self-control.
MRS.
JUNO
[dragging
her
hand
away
and
retreating
to
the
end
of
the
chesterfield].
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
GREGORY.
Line 2
For
heaven's
sake
pull
yourself
together.
Line 3
It's
a
question
of
self-control.
Line 4
MRS.
Line 5
JUNO
[dragging
her
hand
away
and
retreating
to
the
end
of
the
chesterfield].
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].”
Question
noun
US /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It's a question of self-control.”
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “For heaven's sake pull yourself together.”
All words in this reading · 24
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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's a question of self-control.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
away
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
chesterfield
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
dragging
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
end
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For heaven's sake pull yourself together.
GREGORY
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From this reading GREGORY.
hand
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
heaven's
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From this reading For heaven's sake pull yourself together.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
It's
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From this reading It's a question of self-control.
JUNO
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's a question of self-control.
pull
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From this reading For heaven's sake pull yourself together.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It's a question of self-control.
retreating
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From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
sake
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From this reading For heaven's sake pull yourself together.
self-control
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From this reading It's a question of self-control.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JUNO [dragging her hand away and retreating to the end of the chesterfield].
together
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From this reading For heaven's sake pull yourself together.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading For heaven's sake pull yourself together.