Chapter XIV
“Hades of Hymen! Red, are you making calls this morning?” “Why not? I'm not to be married till noon, am I?” “I say, take me with you, will you?
Red Pepper Burns
Chapter XIV
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“Hades
of
Hymen!
Red,
are
you
making
calls
this
morning?”
“Why
not?
I'm
not
to
be
married
till
noon,
am
I?”
“I
say,
take
me
with
you,
will
you?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Hades
of
Hymen!
Line 2
Red,
are
you
making
calls
this
morning?”
Line 3
“Why
not?
Line 4
I'm
not
to
be
married
till
noon,
am
I?”
Line 5
“I
say,
take
me
with
you,
will
you?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Morning
noun
US /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Red, are you making calls this morning?””
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I say, take me with you, will you?”
Till
preposition
US /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “I'm not to be married till noon, am I?””
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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
calls
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From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
Hades
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From this reading “Hades of Hymen!
Hymen
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From this reading “Hades of Hymen!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
I'm
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From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
making
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From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
married
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From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
noon
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From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Why not?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Hades of Hymen!
Red
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From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
say
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From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
Why
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From this reading “Why not?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”