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No time for Toffee!
No time for Toffee!

Chapter VII

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The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
The congressman groaned.
"Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
"That's when everything gets mixed up.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

No time for Toffee!

Chapter VII

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
Line 2
George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
Line 3
The congressman groaned.
Line 4
"Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
Line 5
"That's when everything gets mixed up.

Learner Dictionary

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

Conscience noun US /ˈkɑːnʃəns/

the inner sense of right and wrong

From this reading “"Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.”

Everything pronoun US /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “"That's when everything gets mixed up.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.”

Mixed verb US /mɪkst/

involved with or connected to

From this reading “"That's when everything gets mixed up.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

ashen

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

back

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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

blankness

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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

compulsively

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

congressman

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/

the inner sense of right and wrong

From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

direction

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.

fixed

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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

George

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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

George's

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

gets

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From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.

glanced

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

groaned

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From this reading The congressman groaned.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

mast

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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

mixedverbUS /mɪkst/

involved with or connected to

From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

sort

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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

stared

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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

That's

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From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

Then

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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

there's

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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

Toffee

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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

turned

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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.

up

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From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.

very

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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.

worst

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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.