Chapter XVIII
Henry's Log, June 5. Dreadful forebodings. God spare us from all such horrors! Some of the men getting to talk a good deal. Nothing to write down.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories
Chapter XVIII
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Henry's
Log,
June
5.
Dreadful
forebodings.
God
spare
us
from
all
such
horrors!
Some
of
the
men
getting
to
talk
a
good
deal.
Nothing
to
write
down.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories
Chapter XVIII
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
Henry's
Log,
June
5.
Line 2
Dreadful
forebodings.
Line 3
God
spare
us
from
all
such
horrors!
Line 4
Some
of
the
men
getting
to
talk
a
good
deal.
Line 5
Nothing
to
write
down.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Dreadful
adjective
US /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “Dreadful forebodings.”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing to write down.”
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From this reading Henry's Log, June 5.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.
all
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deal
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down
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DreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Dreadful forebodings.
forebodings
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From this reading Dreadful forebodings.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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getting
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God
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goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Henry's
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From this reading Henry's Log, June 5.
horrors
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June
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Log
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men
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From this reading Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing to write down.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.
Some
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spare
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From this reading God spare us from all such horrors!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading God spare us from all such horrors!
talk
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From this reading Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some of the men getting to talk a good deal.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading God spare us from all such horrors!
write
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From this reading Nothing to write down.