Chapter IV
Bingism
Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment. “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod. “Leave me have hold of it!” “You wait a minute!” Sam protested, in a whisper.
Penrod and Sam
Chapter IV · Bingism
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Both
boys
lived
breathlessly
through
a
magnificent
moment.
“Leave
me
have
it!”
gasped
Penrod.
“Leave
me
have
hold
of
it!”
“You
wait
a
minute!”
Sam
protested,
in
a
whisper.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Both
boys
lived
breathlessly
through
a
magnificent
moment.
Line 2
“Leave
me
have
it!”
gasped
Penrod.
Line 3
“Leave
me
have
hold
of
it!”
Line 4
“You
wait
a
minute!”
Line 5
Sam
protested,
in
a
whisper.
Learner Dictionary
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Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.”
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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 Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
boys
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breathlessly
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gasped
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
hold
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From this reading “Leave me have hold of it!”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Leave
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From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
lived
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magnificent
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From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
minute
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From this reading “You wait a minute!”
moment
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From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Leave me have hold of it!”
Penrod
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From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
protested
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From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
Sam
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From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
wait
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From this reading “You wait a minute!”
whisper
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From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You wait a minute!”