Chapter XXXIX
“HEAVEN HELP ME.” Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door. “Lock that!” he commanded. “Quick!” Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
A Broken Bond
Chapter XXXIX
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“HEAVEN
HELP
ME.”
Nick
Carter
looked
up
at
his
assistant’s
words,
then
nodded
toward
the
door.
“Lock
that!”
he
commanded.
“Quick!”
Chick
made
his
way
dizzily
across
the
room
and
turned
the
key
in
the
lock.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“HEAVEN
HELP
ME.”
Line 2
Nick
Carter
looked
up
at
his
assistant’s
words,
then
nodded
toward
the
door.
Line 3
“Lock
that!”
he
commanded.
Line 4
“Quick!”
Line 5
Chick
made
his
way
dizzily
across
the
room
and
turned
the
key
in
the
lock.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Across
preposition
US /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.”
HELP
noun
US /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““HEAVEN HELP ME.””
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.”
Nodded
noun
US /nodded/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.”
Toward
preposition
US /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading “Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.”
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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
assistant's
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From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
Carter
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Chick
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
commanded
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From this reading “Lock that!” he commanded.
dizzily
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
door
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From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Lock that!” he commanded.
HEAVEN
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From this reading “HEAVEN HELP ME.”
HELPnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HEAVEN HELP ME.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
key
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
Lock
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From this reading “Lock that!” he commanded.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
made
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
MEpronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “HEAVEN HELP ME.”
Nick
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From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
noddednounUS /nodded/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
Quick
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From this reading “Quick!”
room
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Lock that!” he commanded.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
then
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From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.
turned
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
up
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way
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From this reading Chick made his way dizzily across the room and turned the key in the lock.
words
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From this reading Nick Carter looked up at his assistant’s words, then nodded toward the door.