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Chapter IV

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The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.
The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.
François St. Cyr would seek surcease in Newark.
He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.
_Mon Dieu!_ yes!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Sandburrs

Chapter IV

Reading 1/5 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.
Line 2
The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.
Line 3
François St. Cyr would seek surcease in Newark.
Line 4
He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.
Line 5
_Mon Dieu!_ yes!

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Broken noun US /broken/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.”

Chorus noun US /ˈkɔrəs/

a group singing together

From this reading “The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “François St. Cyr would seek surcease in Newark.”

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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 supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

assisted

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

Bebe

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

billed

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

bind

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

brokennounUS /broken/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

bruised

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

chorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/

a group singing together

From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

Cyr

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

Dieu

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From this reading _Mon Dieu!_ yes!

evening

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

François

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

girl

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

hat

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

heart

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

infuriate

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

jealous

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

kicked

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

love

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

Mon

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From this reading _Mon Dieu!_ yes!

new

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From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

Newark

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He would bind a new love on the heart bruised and broken by the jealous Bebe.

outrages

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

person

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

seek

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From this reading François St. Cyr would seek surcease in Newark.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

St

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

supple

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From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

surcease

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From this reading François St. Cyr would seek surcease in Newark.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

troop

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From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The supple person who kicked the hat of François St. Cyr was a chorus girl.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading The troop in whose outrages she assisted was billed to infuriate Newark that evening.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading François St. Cyr would seek surcease in Newark.

yes

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From this reading _Mon Dieu!_ yes!