Chapter XXIII
She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time: “Come! Somebody! Come to Don Ramón! He will die.”
The Plumed Serpent
Chapter XXIII
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She
ran
blindly
down
the
stairs,
and
fought
to
get
the
great
iron
bars
from
across
the
door,
screaming
all
the
time:
“Come!
Somebody!
Come
to
Don
Ramón!
He
will
die.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
She
ran
blindly
down
the
stairs,
and
fought
to
get
the
great
iron
bars
from
across
the
door,
screaming
all
the
time:
Line 2
“Come!
/come/
Line 3
Somebody!
/ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
Line 4
Come
to
Don
Ramón!
Line 5
He
will
die.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Across
preposition
US /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come!”
Great
noun
US /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:”
Somebody
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Somebody!”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:”
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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
all
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
bars
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
blindly
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come!
die
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From this reading He will die.”
Don
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From this reading Come to Don Ramón!
door
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
down
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
fought
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
get
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He will die.”
iron
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
Ramón
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From this reading Come to Don Ramón!
ran
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
screaming
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
SomebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody!
stairs
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From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She ran blindly down the stairs, and fought to get the great iron bars from across the door, screaming all the time:
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He will die.”