Chapter III
“Ah, but the old forms!” “Those are the most blatant. I mean the swaggering reproductions.” “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.” “No, we can’t, Cornelia.
The Finer Grain
Chapter III
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“Ah,
but
the
old
forms!”
“Those
are
the
most
blatant.
I
mean
the
swaggering
reproductions.”
“Oh
but,”
she
pleaded,
“we
can’t
all
be
_really_
old.”
“No,
we
can’t,
Cornelia.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Ah,
but
the
old
forms!”
Line 2
“Those
are
the
most
blatant.
Line 3
I
mean
the
swaggering
reproductions.”
Line 4
“Oh
but,”
she
pleaded,
“we
can’t
all
be
_really_
old.”
Line 5
“No,
we
can’t,
Cornelia.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Those
determiner
US /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading ““Those are the most blatant.”
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Ah
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all
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From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Those are the most blatant.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
blatant
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From this reading “Those are the most blatant.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Ah, but the old forms!”
can't
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From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
Cornelia
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From this reading “No, we can’t, Cornelia.
forms
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From this reading “Ah, but the old forms!”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I mean the swaggering reproductions.”
mean
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From this reading I mean the swaggering reproductions.”
most
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From this reading “Those are the most blatant.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, we can’t, Cornelia.
Oh
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From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
old
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From this reading “Ah, but the old forms!”
pleaded
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From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
really
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From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
reproductions
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From this reading I mean the swaggering reproductions.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”
swaggering
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From this reading I mean the swaggering reproductions.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Ah, but the old forms!”
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those are the most blatant.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Oh but,” she pleaded, “we can’t all be _really_ old.”