Chapter CII
NAY; ON HIGH! Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose. She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings. “What is wrong with me?” said she. “There is something the matter.
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Chapter CII
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NAY;
ON
HIGH!
Suddenly
Dea,
disengaging
herself
from
Gwynplaine’s
embrace,
arose.
She
pressed
both
her
hands
against
her
heart,
as
if
to
still
its
throbbings.
“What
is
wrong
with
me?”
said
she.
“There
is
something
the
matter.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
NAY;
ON
HIGH!
Line 2
Suddenly
Dea,
disengaging
herself
from
Gwynplaine’s
embrace,
arose.
Line 3
She
pressed
both
her
hands
against
her
heart,
as
if
to
still
its
throbbings.
Line 4
“What
is
wrong
with
me?”
said
she.
Line 5
“There
is
something
the
matter.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Against
preposition
US /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.”
NAY
exclamation
US /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading “NAY; ON HIGH!”
Something
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““There is something the matter.”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.”
Suddenly
noun
US /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.”
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againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
arose
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From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
Dea
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From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
disengaging
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From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
embrace
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From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
Gwynplaine's
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From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
heart
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From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
HIGH
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From this reading NAY; ON HIGH!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is wrong with me?” said she.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
matter
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From this reading “There is something the matter.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What is wrong with me?” said she.
NAYexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading NAY; ON HIGH!
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NAY; ON HIGH!
pressed
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From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
said
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From this reading “What is wrong with me?” said she.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There is something the matter.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly Dea, disengaging herself from Gwynplaine’s embrace, arose.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “There is something the matter.
There
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From this reading “There is something the matter.
throbbings
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From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She pressed both her hands against her heart, as if to still its throbbings.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is wrong with me?” said she.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What is wrong with me?” said she.
wrong
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From this reading “What is wrong with me?” said she.