Chapter VIII
Jack's face grew red. "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath. "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise. Jack thrust him back. "You stay where you are!"
Jack Chanty: A Story of Athabasca
Chapter VIII
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Jack's
face
grew
red.
"Have
you
gone
back
on
it
already?"
he
said
with
an
oath.
"I
must
go,"
muttered
Garrod,
struggling
to
rise.
Jack
thrust
him
back.
"You
stay
where
you
are!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Jack's
face
grew
red.
Line 2
"Have
you
gone
back
on
it
already?"
he
said
with
an
oath.
Line 3
"I
must
go,"
muttered
Garrod,
struggling
to
rise.
Line 4
Jack
thrust
him
back.
Line 5
"You
stay
where
you
are!"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Already
noun
US /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.”
Muttered
verb
US /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “"I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.”
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alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You stay where you are!"
back
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face
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From this reading Jack's face grew red.
Garrod
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From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
go
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From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
gone
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From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
grew
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From this reading Jack's face grew red.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jack thrust him back.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
Jack
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From this reading Jack thrust him back.
Jack's
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From this reading Jack's face grew red.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
oath
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From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
red
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From this reading Jack's face grew red.
rise
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From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
said
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From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
stay
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From this reading "You stay where you are!"
struggling
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From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
thrust
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From this reading Jack thrust him back.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I must go," muttered Garrod, struggling to rise.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "You stay where you are!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you gone back on it already?" he said with an oath.