Chapter XVII
A young man sprang up furiously from the middle benches. "To hell wi' compromise!" he shouted in a tigerish passion. "Haven't us had forty pound from Ameriky?" "Order! Order!" some protested fiercely.
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Chapter XVII
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A
young
man
sprang
up
furiously
from
the
middle
benches.
"To
hell
wi'
compromise!"
he
shouted
in
a
tigerish
passion.
"Haven't
us
had
forty
pound
from
Ameriky?"
"Order!
Order!"
some
protested
fiercely.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
A
young
man
sprang
up
furiously
from
the
middle
benches.
Line 2
"To
hell
wi'
compromise!"
he
shouted
in
a
tigerish
passion.
Line 3
"Haven't
us
had
forty
pound
from
Ameriky?"
Line 4
"Order!
/order/
Line 5
Order!"
some
protested
fiercely.
Learner Dictionary
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Order
noun
US /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Order!”
Shouted
noun
US /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"To hell wi' compromise!" he shouted in a tigerish passion.”
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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Ameriky
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benches
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compromise
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fiercely
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forty
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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furiously
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From this reading A young man sprang up furiously from the middle benches.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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Haven't
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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hell
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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man
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middle
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OrdernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Order!
passion
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pound
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protested
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shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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some
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sprang
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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tigerish
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From this reading "To hell wi' compromise!" he shouted in a tigerish passion.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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up
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uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
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wi
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young
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From this reading A young man sprang up furiously from the middle benches.