Chapter I
“SIRE, a fresh dispatch.” “Whence?” “From Tomsk?” “Is the wire cut beyond that city?” “Yes, sire, since yesterday.”
Michael Strogoff
Chapter I
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“SIRE,
a
fresh
dispatch.”
“Whence?”
“From
Tomsk?”
“Is
the
wire
cut
beyond
that
city?”
“Yes,
sire,
since
yesterday.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“SIRE,
a
fresh
dispatch.”
Line 2
“Whence?”
/wens/
Line 3
“From
Tomsk?”
Line 4
“Is
the
wire
cut
beyond
that
city?”
Line 5
“Yes,
sire,
since
yesterday.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Beyond
preposition
US /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading ““Is the wire cut beyond that city?””
Since
preposition
US /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““Yes, sire, since yesterday.””
Whence
adverb
US /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading ““Whence?””
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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 “SIRE, a fresh dispatch.”
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
city
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From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
cut
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From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
dispatch
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From this reading “SIRE, a fresh dispatch.”
fresh
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From this reading “SIRE, a fresh dispatch.”
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “From Tomsk?”
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Yes, sire, since yesterday.”
SIRE
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From this reading “SIRE, a fresh dispatch.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
Tomsk
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From this reading “From Tomsk?”
WhenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “Whence?”
wire
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From this reading “Is the wire cut beyond that city?”
Yes
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From this reading “Yes, sire, since yesterday.”
yesterday
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From this reading “Yes, sire, since yesterday.”