Chapter XXXIII
“Dear Father Goriot, calm yourself. There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.” “I shall not see them. Oh! the agony of it!” “You _shall_ see them.”
Father Goriot
Chapter XXXIII
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“Dear
Father
Goriot,
calm
yourself.
There,
there,
lie
quietly
and
rest;
don’t
worry
yourself,
don’t
think.”
“I
shall
not
see
them.
Oh!
the
agony
of
it!”
“You
_shall_
see
them.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Dear
Father
Goriot,
calm
yourself.
Line 2
There,
there,
lie
quietly
and
rest;
don’t
worry
yourself,
don’t
think.”
Line 3
“I
shall
not
see
them.
Line 4
Oh!
the
agony
of
it!”
Line 5
“You
_shall_
see
them.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Agony
noun
US /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading “Oh! the agony of it!””
Rest
noun
US /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.””
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““I shall not see them.”
Think
noun
US /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.””
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading ““Dear Father Goriot, calm yourself.”
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agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Oh! the agony of it!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
calm
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From this reading “Dear Father Goriot, calm yourself.
Dear
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don't
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From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
Father
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From this reading “Dear Father Goriot, calm yourself.
Goriot
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From this reading “Dear Father Goriot, calm yourself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I shall not see them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh! the agony of it!”
lie
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From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I shall not see them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh! the agony of it!”
Oh
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From this reading Oh! the agony of it!”
quietly
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From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
see
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From this reading “I shall not see them.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall not see them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh! the agony of it!”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I shall not see them.
There
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From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
worry
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From this reading There, there, lie quietly and rest; don’t worry yourself, don’t think.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You _shall_ see them.”
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Dear Father Goriot, calm yourself.