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Puppets at Large

Chapter VIII

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The CONTRAD.
P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!
I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.
I'm a Radikil, _I_ am.
John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Puppets at Large

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The CONTRAD.
Line 2
P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!
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I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.
Line 4
I'm a Radikil, _I_ am.
Line 5
John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

Learner Dictionary

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

John noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!”

Neither determiner US /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading “I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.”

None pronoun US /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading “I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.”

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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 I'm a Radikil, _I_ am.

ain't

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From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I'm a Radikil, _I_ am.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

Ben

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From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

Burns

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From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

Conservative

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From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

CONTRAD

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From this reading The CONTRAD.

don't

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From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

Gladstone

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From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

I'm

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From this reading I'm a Radikil, _I_ am.

jest

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From this reading P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!

John

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From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

lot

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From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

nonepronounUS /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

o

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From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

P

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From this reading P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!

Radikil

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From this reading I'm a Radikil, _I_ am.

That's

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From this reading P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The CONTRAD.

Tillett

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From this reading John Burns and Ben Tillett--that's _my_ lot!

want

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From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!

wrong

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From this reading P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading I ain't no Conservative, nor yet I don't want none o' Gladstone neither.

you're

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From this reading P. That's jest where you're _wrong_!