Chapter VI
"Listen," said Matlin. "You don't have to come with me." "You told me to." "That was before." They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
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Chapter VI
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"Listen,"
said
Matlin.
"You
don't
have
to
come
with
me."
"You
told
me
to."
"That
was
before."
They
had
walked
a
long
time
through
the
hot
damp
stillness
of
the
Kedaki
night.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Listen,"
said
Matlin.
Line 2
"You
don't
have
to
come
with
me."
Line 3
"You
told
me
to."
/juː told miː tuː/
Line 4
"That
was
before."
/ðæt wɑːz bɪˈfɔːr/
Line 5
They
had
walked
a
long
time
through
the
hot
damp
stillness
of
the
Kedaki
night.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “"That was before."”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You don't have to come with me."”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"You don't have to come with me."”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.”
Told
noun
US /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You told me to."”
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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 They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "That was before."
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You don't have to come with me."
damp
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From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
don't
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From this reading "You don't have to come with me."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You don't have to come with me."
hot
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From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
Kedaki
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From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
Listen
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From this reading "Listen," said Matlin.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
Matlin
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From this reading "Listen," said Matlin.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You don't have to come with me."
night
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From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
said
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From this reading "Listen," said Matlin.
stillness
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From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That was before."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You don't have to come with me."
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You told me to."
walked
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From this reading They had walked a long time through the hot damp stillness of the Kedaki night.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That was before."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You don't have to come with me."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You don't have to come with me."