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Chapter XXXIX

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Only, would it be any use?
Would she believe?
Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
And a gust of anger with her swept him.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Beyond

Chapter XXXIX

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Only, would it be any use?
Line 2
Would she believe?
/wʊd ʃiː ˈbelieve/
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Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
Line 4
Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
Line 5
And a gust of anger with her swept him.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Believe noun US /ˈbelieve/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Would she believe?”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Must he then sit down here in inactivity?”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Must he then sit down here in inactivity?”

Whatever determiner US /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading “Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Only, would it be any use?”

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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 And a gust of anger with her swept him.

always

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From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.

anger

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From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.

any

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From this reading Only, would it be any use?

away

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From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Only, would it be any use?

believenounUS /ˈbelieve/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Would she believe?

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

down

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From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

gust

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From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

inactivity

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From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Only, would it be any use?

Mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

now

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From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.

Only

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From this reading Only, would it be any use?

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Would she believe?

sit

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From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

suspecting

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From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

swept

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From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.

then

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From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?

use

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From this reading Only, would it be any use?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Only, would it be any use?