Chapter VI
What found ye, then? Why heated ye the pot? What useful metal down the channels ran? Gold? Steel for making weapons?
Rung Ho! A Novel
Chapter VI
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What
found
ye,
then?
Why
heated
ye
the
pot?
What
useful
metal
down
the
channels
ran?
Gold?
Steel
for
making
weapons?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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What
found
ye,
then?
Line 2
Why
heated
ye
the
pot?
Line 3
What
useful
metal
down
the
channels
ran?
Line 4
Gold?
Line 5
Steel
for
making
weapons?
Learner Dictionary
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Found
noun
US /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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channels
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down
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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foundnounUS /found/
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Gold
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heated
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making
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metal
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pot
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ran
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Steel
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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then
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useful
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weapons
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WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
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Why
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yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
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