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The Penalty

Chapter XIV

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"She will.
I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"
"That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.
Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."
XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Penalty

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"She will.
/ʃiː wɪl/
Line 2
I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"
Line 3
"That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.
Line 4
Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."
Line 5
XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"”

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “"That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.”

Conscience noun US /ˈkɑːnʃəns/

the inner sense of right and wrong

From this reading “"That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.”

Course noun US /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.”

Dead noun US /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"”

Maiden noun, literary US /ˈmeɪdən/

a young woman who is not married

From this reading “XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."”

Toward preposition US /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading “Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."”

Whatever determiner US /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading “Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."”

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

Blizzard

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From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

bottom

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

changed

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From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

clean

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/

the inner sense of right and wrong

From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

coursenounUS /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

deadnounUS /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

feel

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From this reading Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."

fell

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

hope

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From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

Lane

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

loot

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

Maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/

a young woman who is not married

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."

O'Hagan

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

out

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

penitent

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

said

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From this reading "That," said Blizzard, "is between me and my conscience.

scheme

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "She will.

Sub-Treasury

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

too

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From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."

trouble

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From this reading Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."

turned

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Whatever I feel toward her will never trouble her again."

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "She will.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

XLVIII

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From this reading XLVIII With O'Hagan dead and Blizzard turned penitent, the bottom of course fell clean out of the scheme to loot Maiden Lane and the Sub-Treasury.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I hope that your mind has changed about her, too?"