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A sailor boy with Dewey
A sailor boy with Dewey

Chapter III

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IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.
“We are struck, Oliver, get up!”
“Oh, my head!”
I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.
“We must get on deck!” urged my companion.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A sailor boy with Dewey

Chapter III

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.
Line 2
“We are struck, Oliver, get up!”
Line 3
“Oh, my head!”
Line 4
I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.
Line 5
“We must get on deck!” urged my companion.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading ““We must get on deck!” urged my companion.”

Struck noun US /struck/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““We are struck, Oliver, get up!””

All words in this reading · 33

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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 I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “We are struck, Oliver, get up!”

BECOME

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From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.

blow

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From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

companion

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From this reading “We must get on deck!” urged my companion.

DAN

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From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.

deck

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From this reading “We must get on deck!” urged my companion.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

gentle

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From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

get

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From this reading “We are struck, Oliver, get up!”

groaned

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From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

head

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From this reading “Oh, my head!”

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.

means

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From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “We must get on deck!” urged my companion.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “Oh, my head!”

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, my head!”

Oliver

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From this reading “We are struck, Oliver, get up!”

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “We must get on deck!” urged my companion.

SEPARATED

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From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.

stateroom

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From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

strucknounUS /struck/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We are struck, Oliver, get up!”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

up

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From this reading “We are struck, Oliver, get up!”

urged

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From this reading “We must get on deck!” urged my companion.

wall

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From this reading I groaned, for I had struck the stateroom wall a blow by no means gentle.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading “We are struck, Oliver, get up!”

WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading IN WHICH DAN AND I BECOME SEPARATED.