Chapter XXV
LUKE’S SUGGESTION. I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales. Not I. But the luck was against us. Everything went wrong from the first. And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
The Joss: A Reversion
Chapter XXV
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LUKE’S
SUGGESTION.
I’ve
no
faith
in
your
old
wives’
tales.
Not
I.
But
the
luck
was
against
us.
Everything
went
wrong
from
the
first.
And
there’s
no
getting
away
from
the
fact
that
we
sailed
on
a
Friday.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
LUKE’S
SUGGESTION.
Line 2
I’ve
no
faith
in
your
old
wives’
tales.
Line 3
Not
I.
But
the
luck
was
against
us.
Line 4
Everything
went
wrong
from
the
first.
Line 5
And
there’s
no
getting
away
from
the
fact
that
we
sailed
on
a
Friday.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Against
preposition
US /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Not I. But the luck was against us.”
Everything
pronoun
US /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything went wrong from the first.”
First
noun
US /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everything went wrong from the first.”
Went
noun
US /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everything went wrong from the first.”
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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 And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
away
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From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything went wrong from the first.
fact
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From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
faith
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From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything went wrong from the first.
Friday
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From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Everything went wrong from the first.
getting
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From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
I've
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From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
luck
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From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
LUKE'S
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From this reading LUKE’S SUGGESTION.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
old
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From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
sailed
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From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
SUGGESTION
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From this reading LUKE’S SUGGESTION.
tales
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From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
there's
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From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not I. But the luck was against us.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And there’s no getting away from the fact that we sailed on a Friday.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything went wrong from the first.
wives
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From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.
wrong
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From this reading Everything went wrong from the first.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’ve no faith in your old wives’ tales.