Chapter XXIII
The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me! He will take the child from me!" These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head. It seemed to her that her doom was certain. Leonard would be taken from her!
Ruth
Chapter XXIII
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The
Meeting
on
the
Sands
"He
will
take
him
away
from
me!
He
will
take
the
child
from
me!"
These
words
rang
like
a
tolling
bell
through
Ruth's
head.
It
seemed
to
her
that
her
doom
was
certain.
Leonard
would
be
taken
from
her!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
The
Meeting
on
the
Sands
"He
will
take
him
away
from
me!
Line 2
He
will
take
the
child
from
me!"
Line 3
These
words
rang
like
a
tolling
bell
through
Ruth's
head.
Line 4
It
seemed
to
her
that
her
doom
was
certain.
Line 5
Leonard
would
be
taken
from
her!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Seemed
noun
US /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seemed to her that her doom was certain.”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Leonard would be taken from her!”
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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 These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
away
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From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Leonard would be taken from her!
bell
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
certain
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From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
child
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From this reading He will take the child from me!"
doom
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
head
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
Leonard
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From this reading Leonard would be taken from her!
like
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
Meeting
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
rang
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
Ruth's
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
Sands
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From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
taken
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From this reading Leonard would be taken from her!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
tolling
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed to her that her doom was certain.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The Meeting on the Sands "He will take him away from me!
words
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From this reading These words rang like a tolling bell through Ruth's head.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Leonard would be taken from her!