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Chantry House

Chapter XXVII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/13 · 5 lines
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WALY, WALY.
‘And am I then forgot, forgot?
It broke the heart of Ellen!’
CAMPBELL.
CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chantry House

Chapter XXVII

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
WALY, WALY.
Line 2
‘And am I then forgot, forgot?
Line 3
It broke the heart of Ellen!’
Line 4
CAMPBELL.
Line 5
CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

Learner Dictionary

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

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.”

All words in this reading · 27

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading ‘And am I then forgot, forgot?

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ‘And am I then forgot, forgot?

broke

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From this reading It broke the heart of Ellen!’

CAMPBELL

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From this reading CAMPBELL.

CLARENCE

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

Ellen

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From this reading It broke the heart of Ellen!’

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

forgot

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From this reading ‘And am I then forgot, forgot?

heart

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From this reading It broke the heart of Ellen!’

Hillside

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading ‘And am I then forgot, forgot?

inquire

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It broke the heart of Ellen!’

Martyn

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It broke the heart of Ellen!’

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

sisters

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It broke the heart of Ellen!’

then

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From this reading ‘And am I then forgot, forgot?

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

two

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

walked

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From this reading CLARENCE and Martyn walked over to Hillside the first thing the next morning to inquire for the two sisters.

WALY

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From this reading WALY, WALY.