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The Blackguard
The Blackguard

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/26 · 5 lines
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"Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?
Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?
Soldier, soldier, get up and dust.
Busted the bugler?
Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Blackguard

Chapter III

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?
Line 2
Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?
Line 3
Soldier, soldier, get up and dust.
Line 4
Busted the bugler?
Line 5
Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

Learner Dictionary

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

Confounded adjective US /kənˈfaʊndɪd/

annoying or confusing

From this reading “Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?”

All words in this reading · 28

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?

away

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

brains

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

breeches

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From this reading "Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?

bugler

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From this reading Busted the bugler?

Busted

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From this reading Busted the bugler?

Can't

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From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

confoundedadjectiveUS /kənˈfaʊndɪd/

annoying or confusing

From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

deuce

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

dust

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

get

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

hidden

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

hospital

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From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

pray

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From this reading "Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?

row

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From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

Send

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From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

shut

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From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

Soldier

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From this reading "Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Send him to hospital; Can't you shut up that confounded row?

up

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From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading "Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Soldier, soldier, get up and dust; Where the deuce have you hidden your brains away?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Soldier, soldier, where are your breeches, pray?