Chapter VI
Grizel smiled again. "You varied, dear. Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny! You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!" "Ha!"
An Unknown Lover
Chapter VI
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Grizel
smiled
again.
"You
varied,
dear.
Rather
fierce
at
times,
and
again
quite
meek,
and
sometimes,
terribly
funny!
You'd
laugh,
Buddy,
if
you
could
hear
some
of
the
things
you
said!"
"Ha!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Grizel
smiled
again.
Line 2
"You
varied,
dear.
Line 3
Rather
fierce
at
times,
and
again
quite
meek,
and
sometimes,
terribly
funny!
Line 4
You'd
laugh,
Buddy,
if
you
could
hear
some
of
the
things
you
said!"
Line 5
"Ha!"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Grizel smiled again.”
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"”
Hear
noun
US /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"”
Quite
noun
US /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!”
Sometimes
noun
US /sometimes/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!”
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Grizel smiled again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
Buddy
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From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
dear
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From this reading "You varied, dear.
fierce
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
funny
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
Grizel
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From this reading Grizel smiled again.
Ha
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From this reading "Ha!"
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
laugh
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From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
meek
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
Rather
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
said
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From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
smiled
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From this reading Grizel smiled again.
some
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From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
sometimes
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
terribly
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
things
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From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"
times
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From this reading Rather fierce at times, and again quite meek, and sometimes, terribly funny!
varied
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From this reading "You varied, dear.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You varied, dear.
You'd
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From this reading You'd laugh, Buddy, if you could hear some of the things you said!"