Chapter V
“And your brother?” “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected. I read in his eyes that he suspected. As you know, he never held up his head again.” There was silence in the room.
His Last Bow
Chapter V
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“And
your
brother?”
“He
said
nothing,
but
he
had
caught
me
once
with
his
keys,
and
I
think
that
he
suspected.
I
read
in
his
eyes
that
he
suspected.
As
you
know,
he
never
held
up
his
head
again.”
There
was
silence
in
the
room.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“And
your
brother?”
Line 2
“He
said
nothing,
but
he
had
caught
me
once
with
his
keys,
and
I
think
that
he
suspected.
Line 3
I
read
in
his
eyes
that
he
suspected.
Line 4
As
you
know,
he
never
held
up
his
head
again.”
Line 5
There
was
silence
in
the
room.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As you know, he never held up his head again.””
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As you know, he never held up his head again.””
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As you know, he never held up his head again.””
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ““He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.”
Once
noun
US /once/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.”
Silence
noun
US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “There was silence in the room.”
Think
noun
US /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.”
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And your brother?”
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
brother
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From this reading “And your brother?”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
caught
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From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
eyes
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From this reading I read in his eyes that he suspected.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
head
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From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
held
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From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I read in his eyes that he suspected.
keys
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From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
once
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From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
read
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From this reading I read in his eyes that he suspected.
room
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From this reading There was silence in the room.
said
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From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was silence in the room.
suspected
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From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was silence in the room.
There
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From this reading There was silence in the room.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
up
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From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was silence in the room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As you know, he never held up his head again.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And your brother?”