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Clover

Chapter V

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CAR FORTY-SEVEN.
It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.
Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.
The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.
Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Clover

Chapter V

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CAR FORTY-SEVEN.
Line 2
It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.
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Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.
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The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.
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Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

Learner Dictionary

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

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.”

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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 The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

bear

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

best

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

brave

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

Burnet

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From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

CAR

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From this reading CAR FORTY-SEVEN.

change

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

cheerful

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From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

Clover

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

continual

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

dull

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

face

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

forget

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

FORTY-SEVEN

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From this reading CAR FORTY-SEVEN.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

go

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

heavy

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

homesick

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

impressions

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

inwardly

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

kept

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

leave-takings

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From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

loss

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

most

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From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

nearness

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

oppressed

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

parting

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From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

remain

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

responsibilities

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

scenes

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

sense

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

separation

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From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

stay

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From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

suffer

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From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Those who go have the continual change of scenes and impressions to help them to forget; those who remain must bear as best they may the dull heavy sense of loss and separation.

untried

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

up

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From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The parting at Burnet was not a cheerful one.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading It is they who stay behind who suffer most from leave-takings.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Clover was oppressed with the nearness of untried responsibilities; and though she kept up a brave face, she was inwardly homesick.