Chapter IX
“Guess!” cried Lousteau. “The corresponding page is not here. We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.” 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?” “He would now be a dead man.”
The Muse of the Department
Chapter IX
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“Guess!”
cried
Lousteau.
“The
corresponding
page
is
not
here.
We
must
look
to
page
212
to
relieve
our
anxiety.”
212
OLYMPIA
“If
the
key
had
been
lost?”
“He
would
now
be
a
dead
man.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Guess!”
cried
Lousteau.
Line 2
“The
corresponding
page
is
not
here.
Line 3
We
must
look
to
page
212
to
relieve
our
anxiety.”
Line 4
212
OLYMPIA
“If
the
key
had
been
lost?”
Line 5
“He
would
now
be
a
dead
man.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?””
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Guess!” cried Lousteau.”
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““He would now be a dead man.””
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The corresponding page is not here.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.””
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.””
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““He would now be a dead man.””
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212
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From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”
anxiety
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From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?”
corresponding
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From this reading “The corresponding page is not here.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Guess!” cried Lousteau.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”
Guess
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From this reading “Guess!” cried Lousteau.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?”
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The corresponding page is not here.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The corresponding page is not here.
key
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From this reading 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
lost
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From this reading 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?”
Lousteau
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From this reading “Guess!” cried Lousteau.
man
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From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “The corresponding page is not here.
now
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From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”
OLYMPIA
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From this reading 212 OLYMPIA “If the key had been lost?”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
page
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From this reading “The corresponding page is not here.
relieve
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From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The corresponding page is not here.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must look to page 212 to relieve our anxiety.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would now be a dead man.”