Chapter VII
“My face, eh? Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
The Shadow Line: A Confession
Chapter VII
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“My
face,
eh?
Well,
put
up
the
helm
and
be
damned
to
you.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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“My
face,
eh?
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Well,
put
up
the
helm
and
be
damned
to
you.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.””
All words in this reading · 13
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
damned
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From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
eh
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From this reading “My face, eh?
face
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From this reading “My face, eh?
helm
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From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My face, eh?
put
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From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
up
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From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
Well
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From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, put up the helm and be damned to you.”