Chapter XVII
IVER! COME. She paused, drew a long breath. Again she swung the hammer-stone. And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
The Broom-Squire
Chapter XVII
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IVER!
COME.
She
paused,
drew
a
long
breath.
Again
she
swung
the
hammer-stone.
And
now
she
turned
round,
and
passed
the
piece
of
iron
into
her
left
hand.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
IVER!
Line 2
COME.
/come/
Line 3
She
paused,
drew
a
long
breath.
Line 4
Again
she
swung
the
hammer-stone.
Line 5
And
now
she
turned
round,
and
passed
the
piece
of
iron
into
her
left
hand.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Again she swung the hammer-stone.”
COME
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “COME.”
Drew
noun
US /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She paused, drew a long breath.”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.”
Left
noun
US /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She paused, drew a long breath.”
Passed
noun
US /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.”
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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 She paused, drew a long breath.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again she swung the hammer-stone.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
breath
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From this reading She paused, drew a long breath.
COMEnounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COME.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused, drew a long breath.
hammer-stone
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From this reading Again she swung the hammer-stone.
hand
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From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
iron
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From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
IVER
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From this reading IVER!
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused, drew a long breath.
now
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From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
paused
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From this reading She paused, drew a long breath.
piece
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From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
round
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From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She paused, drew a long breath.
swung
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From this reading Again she swung the hammer-stone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again she swung the hammer-stone.
turned
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From this reading And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand.