Chapter XXIII
"DEAR OLD FELLOW! GOD BLESS MARGARET AND YOU!" THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight. High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins. More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
At the Sign of the Silver Flagon
Chapter XXIII
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"DEAR
OLD
FELLOW!
GOD
BLESS
MARGARET
AND
YOU!"
THE
sun
rose
next
morning
upon
a
sad
sight.
High
Street,
Silver
Creek,
was
nothing
but
a
long
line
of
ruins.
More
than
five
hundred
stores
had
been
burnt
to
the
ground.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"DEAR
OLD
FELLOW!
Line 2
GOD
BLESS
MARGARET
AND
YOU!"
Line 3
THE
sun
rose
next
morning
upon
a
sad
sight.
Line 4
High
Street,
Silver
Creek,
was
nothing
but
a
long
line
of
ruins.
Line 5
More
than
five
hundred
stores
had
been
burnt
to
the
ground.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.”
Morning
noun
US /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.”
Next
noun
US /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.”
Silver
noun
US /silver/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.”
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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 THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GOD BLESS MARGARET AND YOU!"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
BLESS
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From this reading GOD BLESS MARGARET AND YOU!"
burnt
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From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
Creek
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From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
DEAR
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From this reading "DEAR OLD FELLOW!
FELLOW
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From this reading "DEAR OLD FELLOW!
five
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From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
GOD
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From this reading GOD BLESS MARGARET AND YOU!"
ground
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From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
High
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From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
hundred
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From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
line
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From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
MARGARET
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From this reading GOD BLESS MARGARET AND YOU!"
More
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From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
OLD
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From this reading "DEAR OLD FELLOW!
rose
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From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
ruins
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From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
sad
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From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
sight
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From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
Silver
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From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
stores
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From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
Street
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From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
sun
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From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More than five hundred stores had been burnt to the ground.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE sun rose next morning upon a sad sight.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading High Street, Silver Creek, was nothing but a long line of ruins.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading GOD BLESS MARGARET AND YOU!"