Chapter III
“Oh, Etienne, they will kill you. How came you into their hands?” “In answer to your letter.” “I wrote no letter.” “The cunning demons!
The Adventures of Gerard
Chapter III
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“Oh,
Etienne,
they
will
kill
you.
How
came
you
into
their
hands?”
“In
answer
to
your
letter.”
“I
wrote
no
letter.”
“The
cunning
demons!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Oh,
Etienne,
they
will
kill
you.
Line 2
How
came
you
into
their
hands?”
Line 3
“In
answer
to
your
letter.”
Line 4
“I
wrote
no
letter.”
Line 5
“The
cunning
demons!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “How came you into their hands?””
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answer
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From this reading “In answer to your letter.”
came
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From this reading How came you into their hands?”
cunning
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demons
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Etienne
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From this reading “Oh, Etienne, they will kill you.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading How came you into their hands?”
How
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From this reading How came you into their hands?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wrote no letter.”
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In answer to your letter.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading How came you into their hands?”
kill
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From this reading “Oh, Etienne, they will kill you.
letter
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From this reading “In answer to your letter.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “I wrote no letter.”
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, Etienne, they will kill you.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The cunning demons!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading How came you into their hands?”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, Etienne, they will kill you.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “In answer to your letter.”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Oh, Etienne, they will kill you.
wrote
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From this reading “I wrote no letter.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, Etienne, they will kill you.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “In answer to your letter.”