Chapter XVI
THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE. Smash, crash, smash! Pollie had thrust me aside. She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me. “Light a match, you idiot! light a match!”
The Joss: A Reversion
Chapter XVI
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THE
NOISE
WHICH
CAME
FROM
THE
PASSAGE.
Smash,
crash,
smash!
Pollie
had
thrust
me
aside.
She
was
battering
at
the
door
with
her
poker,
issuing,
as
she
did
so,
her
instructions
to
me.
“Light
a
match,
you
idiot!
light
a
match!”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
NOISE
WHICH
CAME
FROM
THE
PASSAGE.
Line 2
Smash,
crash,
smash!
Line 3
Pollie
had
thrust
me
aside.
Line 4
She
was
battering
at
the
door
with
her
poker,
issuing,
as
she
did
so,
her
instructions
to
me.
Line 5
“Light
a
match,
you
idiot!
light
a
match!”
Learner Dictionary
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PASSAGE
noun
US /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.”
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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 “Light a match, you idiot! light a match!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
aside
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From this reading Pollie had thrust me aside.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
battering
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From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
CAME
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From this reading THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.
crash
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From this reading Smash, crash, smash!
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
door
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From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pollie had thrust me aside.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
idiot
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From this reading “Light a match, you idiot! light a match!”
instructions
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From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
issuing
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From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
Light
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From this reading “Light a match, you idiot! light a match!”
match
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From this reading “Light a match, you idiot! light a match!”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pollie had thrust me aside.
NOISE
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From this reading THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.
PASSAGEnounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.
poker
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From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
Pollie
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From this reading Pollie had thrust me aside.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
Smash
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From this reading Smash, crash, smash!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.
thrust
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From this reading Pollie had thrust me aside.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSAGE.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was battering at the door with her poker, issuing, as she did so, her instructions to me.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Light a match, you idiot! light a match!”