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Chapter III

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"Please!"
Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.
"Use that gadget of yours--anything!
Please!"
"Sorry, son," Toffee said.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

No time for Toffee!

Chapter III

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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"Please!"
Line 2
Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.
Line 3
"Use that gadget of yours--anything!
Line 4
Please!"
Line 5
"Sorry, son," Toffee said.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “"Use that gadget of yours--anything!”

Cried noun US /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.”

Yours pronoun US /jʊrz/

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading “"Use that gadget of yours--anything!”

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anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading "Use that gadget of yours--anything!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

criednounUS /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

doctors

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From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

gadget

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From this reading "Use that gadget of yours--anything!

gripped

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From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

Marc

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From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Use that gadget of yours--anything!

Please

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From this reading "Please!"

said

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From this reading "Sorry, son," Toffee said.

son

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From this reading "Sorry, son," Toffee said.

Sorry

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From this reading "Sorry, son," Toffee said.

table

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From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Use that gadget of yours--anything!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Marc cried as the doctors gripped him to the table.

Toffee

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From this reading "Sorry, son," Toffee said.

Use

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From this reading "Use that gadget of yours--anything!

yourspronounUS /jʊrz/

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading "Use that gadget of yours--anything!