Chapter XX
"But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you? "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
Some Do Not...: A Novel
Chapter XX
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"But
good
heavens,"
Sylvia
cried
out,
"do
you
mean
they
carried
a
dead
nurse
past
you?
"The
poor
dear
wasn't
dead,"
Tietjens
said.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"But
good
heavens,"
Sylvia
cried
out,
"do
you
mean
they
carried
a
dead
nurse
past
you?
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
"The
poor
dear
wasn't
dead,"
Tietjens
said.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?”
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?”
Poor
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.”
All words in this reading · 21
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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 "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
carried
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
dear
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From this reading "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
heavens
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
mean
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
nurse
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
out
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
past
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
said
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From this reading "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
Sylvia
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From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?
Tietjens
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From this reading "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
wasn't
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From this reading "The poor dear wasn't dead," Tietjens said.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But good heavens," Sylvia cried out, "do you mean they carried a dead nurse past you?