Chapter XIX
She raised and dropped her linked hands. “It doesn’t matter. If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too? And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?” But she gave him no time to reply.
The Ambassadors
Chapter XIX
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She
raised
and
dropped
her
linked
hands.
“It
doesn’t
matter.
If
I
trust
you
why
can’t
you
a
little
trust
me
too?
And
why
can’t
you
also,”
she
asked
in
another
tone,
“trust
yourself?”
But
she
gave
him
no
time
to
reply.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
She
raised
and
dropped
her
linked
hands.
Line 2
“It
doesn’t
matter.
Line 3
If
I
trust
you
why
can’t
you
a
little
trust
me
too?
Line 4
And
why
can’t
you
also,”
she
asked
in
another
tone,
“trust
yourself?”
Line 5
But
she
gave
him
no
time
to
reply.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Another
noun
US /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?””
Asked
noun
US /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?””
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “She raised and dropped her linked hands.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But she gave him no time to reply.”
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?””
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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 If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
also
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From this reading And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?”
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she gave him no time to reply.
can't
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From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
doesn't
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From this reading “It doesn’t matter.
dropped
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From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
gave
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handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But she gave him no time to reply.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It doesn’t matter.
linked
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From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
matter
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From this reading “It doesn’t matter.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But she gave him no time to reply.
raised
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From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
reply
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From this reading But she gave him no time to reply.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She raised and dropped her linked hands.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she gave him no time to reply.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But she gave him no time to reply.
tone
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too
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trust
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why
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From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If I trust you why can’t you a little trust me too?
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading And why can’t you also,” she asked in another tone, “trust yourself?”