Chapter XVII
In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says: “Be done, boys! Who’s there?” I says: “It’s me.”
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Chapter XVII
In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
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In
about
a
minute
somebody
spoke
out
of
a
window
without
putting
his
head
out,
and
says:
“Be
done,
boys!
Who’s
there?”
I
says:
“It’s
me.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
In
about
a
minute
somebody
spoke
out
of
a
window
without
putting
his
head
out,
and
says:
Line 2
“Be
done,
boys!
Line 3
Who’s
there?”
Line 4
I
says:
Line 5
“It’s
me.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
somebody
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading “In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:”
Collocations
In aboutA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
about aA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
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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 In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Be done, boys!
boys
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From this reading “Be done, boys!
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Be done, boys!
head
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From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I says:
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
It's
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From this reading “It’s me.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It’s me.”
minute
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From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
out
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putting
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says
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somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
spoke
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From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
there
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From this reading Who’s there?”
Who's
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From this reading Who’s there?”
window
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From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says:
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In about a minute somebody spoke out of a window without putting his head out, and says: