Chapter XVI
[The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.] Don't you take it so to heart, my dear! [A silence.] COLONEL. [Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.
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Chapter XVI
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[The
COLONEL
makes
a
movement
of
distress,
and
Miss
BEECH
goes
to
him.]
Don't
you
take
it
so
to
heart,
my
dear!
[A
silence.]
COLONEL.
[Shaking
his
head.]
I
couldn't
have
believed
Molly
would
forget
that
child.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
[The
COLONEL
makes
a
movement
of
distress,
and
Miss
BEECH
goes
to
him.]
Line 2
Don't
you
take
it
so
to
heart,
my
dear!
Line 3
[A
silence.]
/ə ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Line 4
COLONEL.
Line 5
[Shaking
his
head.]
I
couldn't
have
believed
Molly
would
forget
that
child.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Distress
noun
US /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading “[The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “[Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.”
Shaking
noun
US /ˈshaking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “[Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.”
Silence
noun
US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “[A silence.]”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “[Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.”
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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 [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
BEECH
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believed
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child
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COLONEL
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couldn't
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dear
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From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
Don't
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forget
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goes
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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head
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heart
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From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!
makes
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Miss
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Molly
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movement
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
ShakingnounUS /ˈshaking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading [Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading [A silence.]
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [The COLONEL makes a movement of distress, and Miss BEECH goes to him.]
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading [Shaking his head.] I couldn't have believed Molly would forget that child.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don't you take it so to heart, my dear!