Chapter VI
“You can't? What's to hinder you?” “I'm afraid to do it.” “Afraid?” “They would kill me, if I did.”
The Leatherwood God
Chapter VI
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“You
can't?
What's
to
hinder
you?”
“I'm
afraid
to
do
it.”
“Afraid?”
“They
would
kill
me,
if
I
did.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“You
can't?
Line 2
What's
to
hinder
you?”
Line 3
“I'm
afraid
to
do
it.”
Line 4
“Afraid?”
Line 5
“They
would
kill
me,
if
I
did.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““They would kill me, if I did.””
All words in this reading · 16
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afraid
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From this reading “I'm afraid to do it.”
can't
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From this reading “You can't?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I'm afraid to do it.”
hinder
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From this reading What's to hinder you?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
I'm
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From this reading “I'm afraid to do it.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I'm afraid to do it.”
kill
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From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What's to hinder you?”
What's
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From this reading What's to hinder you?”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “They would kill me, if I did.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can't?