Chapter IV
"Wherefore?" he cried. "Na! Na!" the people laughed. "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!" "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
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Chapter IV
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"Wherefore?"
he
cried.
"Na!
Na!"
the
people
laughed.
"Thy
medicine
be
ill,
O
Klok-No-Ton!"
"It
be
known
to
all,"
La-lah
stuttered.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Wherefore?"
he
cried.
/werˈfɔːr hiː cried/
Line 2
"Na!
Line 3
Na!"
the
people
laughed.
Line 4
"Thy
medicine
be
ill,
O
Klok-No-Ton!"
Line 5
"It
be
known
to
all,"
La-lah
stuttered.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Wherefore?" he cried.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “"Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"”
Wherefore
adverb
US /werˈfɔːr/
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading “"Wherefore?" he cried.”
All words in this reading · 19
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all
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From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Wherefore?" he cried.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Wherefore?" he cried.
ill
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From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
Klok-No-Ton
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From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
known
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From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
La-lah
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From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
laughed
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From this reading Na!" the people laughed.
medicine
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From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
Na
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From this reading "Na!
O
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From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
people
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From this reading Na!" the people laughed.
stuttered
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From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Na!" the people laughed.
ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
WhereforeadverbUS /werˈfɔːr/
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading "Wherefore?" he cried.