Chapter XXVI
But not a minute did I stay there. We must be up and doing. Despair made us calm and cool. Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution. How my heart was wrung with those cries.
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Chapter XXVI
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But
not
a
minute
did
I
stay
there.
We
must
be
up
and
doing.
Despair
made
us
calm
and
cool.
Everything
seemed
to
depend
on
our
judgment
and
caution.
How
my
heart
was
wrung
with
those
cries.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
But
not
a
minute
did
I
stay
there.
Line 2
We
must
be
up
and
doing.
Line 3
Despair
made
us
calm
and
cool.
Line 4
Everything
seemed
to
depend
on
our
judgment
and
caution.
Line 5
How
my
heart
was
wrung
with
those
cries.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Everything
pronoun
US /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must be up and doing.”
Seemed
noun
US /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.”
Those
determiner
US /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “How my heart was wrung with those cries.”
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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 But not a minute did I stay there.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must be up and doing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We must be up and doing.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
calm
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From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
caution
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cool
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cries
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depend
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Despair
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
doing
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From this reading We must be up and doing.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
heart
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How
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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judgment
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made
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From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
minute
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mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must be up and doing.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
stay
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From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
there
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From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
up
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From this reading We must be up and doing.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must be up and doing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
wrung
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From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.