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Fantômas

Chapter VII

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But the girl wrested herself away.
"Let me go!
I won't have it!
Do you understand?"
And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.
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Fantômas

Chapter VII

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
But the girl wrested herself away.
Line 2
"Let me go!
Line 3
I won't have it!
Line 4
Do you understand?"
/duː juː understand/
Line 5
And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

Learner Dictionary

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

Beginning noun US /ˈbeginning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I won't have it!”

Herself pronoun US /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “But the girl wrested herself away.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “"Let me go!”

Understand noun US /understand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Do you understand?"”

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also

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

away

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From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.

beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.

change

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

cold

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

conversation

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Do you understand?"

girl

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From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.

go

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From this reading "Let me go!

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I won't have it!

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I won't have it!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I won't have it!

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading "Let me go!

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Let me go!

mitigate

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

rebuke

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

said

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

sharpness

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.

then

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

turn

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From this reading And then, to mitigate the sharpness of her rebuke, and also to change the conversation, she said: "It is beginning to turn cold.

understandnounUS /understand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Do you understand?"

won't

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From this reading I won't have it!

wrested

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From this reading But the girl wrested herself away.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Do you understand?"