Chapter X
Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat. Blix rose to her feet. "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened. "Why--why--why; how DELIGHTFUL!" "Yes--yes," mumbled Condy.
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Chapter X
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Mum--mar--married!
gasped
Condy,
swallowing
something
in
his
throat.
Blix
rose
to
her
feet.
"Just
been
MARRIED!"
she
repeated,
a
little
frightened.
"Why--why--why;
how
DELIGHTFUL!"
"Yes--yes,"
mumbled
Condy.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Mum--mar--married!
gasped
Condy,
swallowing
something
in
his
throat.
Line 2
Blix
rose
to
her
feet.
Line 3
"Just
been
MARRIED!"
she
repeated,
a
little
frightened.
Line 4
"Why--why--why;
how
DELIGHTFUL!"
Line 5
"Yes--yes,"
mumbled
Condy.
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 “"Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.”
Repeated
noun
US /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.”
Something
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.”
Throat
noun
US /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading “Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.”
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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 "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
Blix
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From this reading Blix rose to her feet.
Condy
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From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
DELIGHTFUL
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From this reading "Why--why--why; how DELIGHTFUL!"
feet
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From this reading Blix rose to her feet.
frightened
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From this reading "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
gasped
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From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Blix rose to her feet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
how
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From this reading "Why--why--why; how DELIGHTFUL!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
Just
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From this reading "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
mar
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From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
married
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From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
Mum
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From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
mumbled
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From this reading "Yes--yes," mumbled Condy.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
rose
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From this reading Blix rose to her feet.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Just been MARRIED!" she repeated, a little frightened.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
swallowing
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From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading Mum--mar--married! gasped Condy, swallowing something in his throat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Blix rose to her feet.
Why
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From this reading "Why--why--why; how DELIGHTFUL!"
Yes
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From this reading "Yes--yes," mumbled Condy.