Chapter XVIII
Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand. “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart. Ho—what a lover!” Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried: “You brute!”
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Chapter XVIII
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Fiorsen
kissed
the
back
of
his
own
hand.
“To
this
old
Pantaloon
you
come
to
give
your
heart.
Ho—what
a
lover!”
Gyp
saw
the
old
man
quiver;
she
sprang
up
and
cried:
“You
brute!”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Fiorsen
kissed
the
back
of
his
own
hand.
Line 2
“To
this
old
Pantaloon
you
come
to
give
your
heart.
Line 3
Ho—what
a
lover!”
Line 4
Gyp
saw
the
old
man
quiver;
she
sprang
up
and
cried:
Line 5
“You
brute!”
Learner Dictionary
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Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.”
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.”
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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 Ho—what a lover!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
back
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From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
brute
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From this reading “You brute!”
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
Fiorsen
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From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
give
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From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
Gyp
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From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
hand
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From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
heart
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From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
Ho
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From this reading Ho—what a lover!”
kissed
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From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
lover
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man
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From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
old
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From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
own
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From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
Pantaloon
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From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
quiver
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From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
saw
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
sprang
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From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
up
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From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ho—what a lover!”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.