Chapter XXVII
CLEANED OUT. A man in possession! Yorke looked at him half vacantly. "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?" "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
Leslie's Loyalty
Chapter XXVII
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CLEANED
OUT.
A
man
in
possession!
Yorke
looked
at
him
half
vacantly.
"Do
you
mean
that
you
are
going
to
stop
here?"
he
said--"that
you
have
got
to
stop
here?"
"Yes,
my
lord,
I'm
sorry
to
say,"
said
the
man.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
CLEANED
OUT.
Line 2
A
man
in
possession!
Line 3
Yorke
looked
at
him
half
vacantly.
Line 4
"Do
you
mean
that
you
are
going
to
stop
here?"
he
said--"that
you
have
got
to
stop
here?"
Line 5
"Yes,
my
lord,
I'm
sorry
to
say,"
said
the
man.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Half
noun
US /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yorke looked at him half vacantly.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"”
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yorke looked at him half vacantly.”
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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 A man in possession!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yorke looked at him half vacantly.
CLEANED
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From this reading CLEANED OUT.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
going
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From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
got
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From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yorke looked at him half vacantly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yorke looked at him half vacantly.
I'm
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From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A man in possession!
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yorke looked at him half vacantly.
lord
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From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
man
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From this reading A man in possession!
mean
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From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
OUT
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From this reading CLEANED OUT.
possession
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From this reading A man in possession!
said
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From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
say
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From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
sorry
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From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
stop
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From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"
vacantly
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From this reading Yorke looked at him half vacantly.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, my lord, I'm sorry to say," said the man.
Yorke
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From this reading Yorke looked at him half vacantly.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you mean that you are going to stop here?" he said--"that you have got to stop here?"