Chapter III
‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen. My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen. Did you beat that, Wildersley?’ That large but child-like artist smiled. ‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’
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‘Brainy
piece
of
work,
and
a
fair
score
of
fourteen.
My
idea
was
that
nobody
would
get
beyond
fifteen.
Did
you
beat
that,
Wildersley?’
That
large
but
child-like
artist
smiled.
‘I
claim
a
score
of
one
hundred
and
forty-four.’
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
‘Brainy
piece
of
work,
and
a
fair
score
of
fourteen.
Line 2
My
idea
was
that
nobody
would
get
beyond
fifteen.
Line 3
Did
you
beat
that,
Wildersley?’
Line 4
That
large
but
child-like
artist
smiled.
Line 5
‘I
claim
a
score
of
one
hundred
and
forty-four.’
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Beyond
preposition
US /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.”
Fair
noun
US /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.”
Nobody
pronoun
US /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading “My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’”
Score
noun
US /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.”
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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 ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
artist
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From this reading That large but child-like artist smiled.
beat
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From this reading Did you beat that, Wildersley?’
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
Brainy
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From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That large but child-like artist smiled.
child-like
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From this reading That large but child-like artist smiled.
claim
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From this reading ‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you beat that, Wildersley?’
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
fifteen
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From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
forty-four
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From this reading ‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’
fourteen
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From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
get
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From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
hundred
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From this reading ‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’
idea
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From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
large
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From this reading That large but child-like artist smiled.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘I claim a score of one hundred and forty-four.’
piece
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From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
smiled
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From this reading That large but child-like artist smiled.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
Wildersley
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From this reading Did you beat that, Wildersley?’
work
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From this reading ‘Brainy piece of work, and a fair score of fourteen.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My idea was that nobody would get beyond fifteen.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you beat that, Wildersley?’