Chapter XVII
"There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara. "Yes, I saw." "Did you have a cold drive?" "I wasn't cold." "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
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Chapter XVII
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"There's
snow
on
the
hill-tops,"
said
Clara.
"Yes,
I
saw."
"Did
you
have
a
cold
drive?"
"I
wasn't
cold."
"My
dear,
your
hands
are
like
bits
of
ice.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"There's
snow
on
the
hill-tops,"
said
Clara.
Line 2
"Yes,
I
saw."
Line 3
"Did
you
have
a
cold
drive?"
Line 4
"I
wasn't
cold."
Line 5
"My
dear,
your
hands
are
like
bits
of
ice.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “"My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Did you have a cold drive?"”
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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 "Did you have a cold drive?"
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
bits
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From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
Clara
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From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
cold
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From this reading "Did you have a cold drive?"
dear
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From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you have a cold drive?"
drive
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From this reading "Did you have a cold drive?"
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Did you have a cold drive?"
hill-tops
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From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I saw."
ice
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From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
like
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From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
said
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From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
saw
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From this reading "Yes, I saw."
snow
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From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
There's
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From this reading "There's snow on the hill-tops," said Clara.
wasn't
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From this reading "I wasn't cold."
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, I saw."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you have a cold drive?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My dear, your hands are like bits of ice.