Chapter IV
"I don't seem to have much choice. Anything new at your end?" Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip. "Here's to a mild winter. New?
And Then the Town Took Off
Chapter IV
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"I
don't
seem
to
have
much
choice.
Anything
new
at
your
end?"
Clark
lifted
his
brimming
glass
and
took
a
sip.
"Here's
to
a
mild
winter.
New?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"I
don't
seem
to
have
much
choice.
Line 2
Anything
new
at
your
end?"
Line 3
Clark
lifted
his
brimming
glass
and
took
a
sip.
Line 4
"Here's
to
a
mild
winter.
Line 5
New?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Anything
pronoun
US /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “Anything new at your end?"”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I don't seem to have much choice.”
Took
noun
US /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.”
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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 Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
AnythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Anything new at your end?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Anything new at your end?"
brimming
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From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
choice
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From this reading "I don't seem to have much choice.
Clark
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don't
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end
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From this reading Anything new at your end?"
glass
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From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I don't seem to have much choice.
Here's
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From this reading "Here's to a mild winter.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't seem to have much choice.
lifted
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From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
mild
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much
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From this reading "I don't seem to have much choice.
new
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From this reading Anything new at your end?"
seem
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From this reading "I don't seem to have much choice.
sip
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From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't seem to have much choice.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clark lifted his brimming glass and took a sip.
winter
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From this reading "Here's to a mild winter.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Anything new at your end?"