Chapter III
. the leaves are curled apart. Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns." THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
A Bachelor Husband
Chapter III
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. the
leaves
are
curled
apart.
Still
red
as
from
the
broken
heart,
And
here's
the
naked
stem
of
thorns."
THE
game
stopped
abruptly,
and
between
them
Chris
and
Feathers
carried
Marie
from
the
room.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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. the
leaves
are
curled
apart.
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Still
red
as
from
the
broken
heart,
And
here's
the
naked
stem
of
thorns."
Line 5
THE
game
stopped
abruptly,
and
between
them
Chris
and
Feathers
carried
Marie
from
the
room.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Between
preposition
US /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.”
Broken
noun
US /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."”
Stopped
noun
US /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.”
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abruptly
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
apart
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From this reading . the leaves are curled apart.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading . the leaves are curled apart.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
carried
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
Chris
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
curled
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From this reading . the leaves are curled apart.
Feathers
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
game
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
heart
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From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
here's
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From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
leaves
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From this reading . the leaves are curled apart.
Marie
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
naked
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From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
red
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From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
room
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From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
stem
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From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading . the leaves are curled apart.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE game stopped abruptly, and between them Chris and Feathers carried Marie from the room.
thorns
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From this reading Still red as from the broken heart, And here's the naked stem of thorns."