Chapter VIII
Joe brought up one bottle and then another. "We're all right. Haven't seen a soul." "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief. "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
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Joe
brought
up
one
bottle
and
then
another.
"We're
all
right.
Haven't
seen
a
soul."
"Don't
mean
a
soul
hasn't
seen
you,"
growled
the
Chief.
"A
car
left
Bootstrap
less
than
twenty
minutes
behind
you.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Joe
brought
up
one
bottle
and
then
another.
Line 2
"We're
all
right.
Line 3
Haven't
seen
a
soul."
Line 4
"Don't
mean
a
soul
hasn't
seen
you,"
growled
the
Chief.
Line 5
"A
car
left
Bootstrap
less
than
twenty
minutes
behind
you.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Another
noun
US /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Joe brought up one bottle and then another.”
Behind
preposition
US /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “"A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.”
Brought
noun
US /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Joe brought up one bottle and then another.”
Growled
noun
US /ˈgrowled/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.”
Left
noun
US /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Joe brought up one bottle and then another.”
Right
noun
US /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We're all right.”
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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 Haven't seen a soul."
all
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From this reading "We're all right.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
Bootstrap
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From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
bottle
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From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
car
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From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
Chief
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From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.
Don't
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From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.
growlednounUS /ˈgrowled/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.
hasn't
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From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.
Haven't
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From this reading Haven't seen a soul."
Joe
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From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
less
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From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
mean
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From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.
minutes
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From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We're all right.
seen
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From this reading Haven't seen a soul."
soul
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From this reading Haven't seen a soul."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.
then
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From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
twenty
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From this reading "A car left Bootstrap less than twenty minutes behind you.
up
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From this reading Joe brought up one bottle and then another.
We're
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From this reading "We're all right.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't mean a soul hasn't seen you," growled the Chief.