Chapter XI
ONE WAY IN. I heard her fumbling with her pocket. “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.” “Oh, Pollie! Quick! they’re at the wall!”
The Joss: A Reversion
Chapter XI
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ONE
WAY
IN.
I
heard
her
fumbling
with
her
pocket.
“I
can’t
find
the
thing;
I
had
it
just
now;
I
can’t
have
dropped
it.”
“Oh,
Pollie!
Quick!
they’re
at
the
wall!”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
ONE
WAY
IN.
Line 2
I
heard
her
fumbling
with
her
pocket.
Line 3
“I
can’t
find
the
thing;
I
had
it
just
now;
I
can’t
have
dropped
it.”
Line 4
“Oh,
Pollie!
Line 5
Quick!
they’re
at
the
wall!”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.””
ONE
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “ONE WAY IN.”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.””
All words in this reading · 25
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Quick! they’re at the wall!”
can't
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From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
dropped
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From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
find
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From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
fumbling
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From this reading I heard her fumbling with her pocket.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
heard
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From this reading I heard her fumbling with her pocket.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I heard her fumbling with her pocket.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I heard her fumbling with her pocket.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ONE WAY IN.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
just
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From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
now
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From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, Pollie!
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE WAY IN.
pocket
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From this reading I heard her fumbling with her pocket.
Pollie
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From this reading “Oh, Pollie!
Quick
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From this reading Quick! they’re at the wall!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
they're
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From this reading Quick! they’re at the wall!”
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can’t find the thing; I had it just now; I can’t have dropped it.”
wall
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From this reading Quick! they’re at the wall!”
WAY
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From this reading ONE WAY IN.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I heard her fumbling with her pocket.