Chapter XXXVII
A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs. "Grooton!" "Yes, sir." "You are alone?" "Yes, sir."
The Betrayal
Chapter XXXVII
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A
TERRIBLE
DISCOVERY
I
Called
softly
to
Grooton
from
my
room
upstairs.
"Grooton!"
"Yes,
sir."
"You
are
alone?"
"Yes,
sir."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
A
TERRIBLE
DISCOVERY
I
Called
softly
to
Grooton
from
my
room
upstairs.
Line 2
"Grooton!"
Line 3
"Yes,
sir."
Line 4
"You
are
alone?"
/juː ɑːr alone/
Line 5
"Yes,
sir."
Learner Dictionary
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Alone
noun
US /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You are alone?"”
TERRIBLE
noun
US /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.”
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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 A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You are alone?"
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are alone?"
Called
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DISCOVERY
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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Grooton
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.
room
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sir
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From this reading "Yes, sir."
softly
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From this reading A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.
TERRIBLEnounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY I Called softly to Grooton from my room upstairs.
upstairs
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Yes
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From this reading "Yes, sir."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are alone?"