Chapter IV
JILL (at her desk). And all my sums have done themselves wrong. (Hard at it with paper and pencil) What's nine times seven, Oliver? OLIVER. Fifty-six.
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Chapter IV
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JILL
(at
her
desk).
And
all
my
sums
have
done
themselves
wrong.
(Hard
at
it
with
paper
and
pencil)
What's
nine
times
seven,
Oliver?
OLIVER.
Fifty-six.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
JILL
(at
her
desk).
Line 2
And
all
my
sums
have
done
themselves
wrong.
Line 3
(Hard
at
it
with
paper
and
pencil)
What's
nine
times
seven,
Oliver?
Line 4
OLIVER.
Line 5
Fifty-six.
Learner Dictionary
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Done
noun
US /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And all my sums have done themselves wrong.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And all my sums have done themselves wrong.”
Themselves
pronoun
US /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “And all my sums have done themselves wrong.”
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all
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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading JILL (at her desk).
desk
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donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Fifty-six
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Hard
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And all my sums have done themselves wrong.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JILL (at her desk).
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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JILL
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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nine
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Oliver
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paper
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pencil
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seven
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sums
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themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
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times
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What's
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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wrong
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