Chapter XVIII
"It's true!" cried Stack at last. "I see him! I see two of them up there!" "My binoculars!" shouted Joe. His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
The Sealed Valley
Chapter XVIII
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"It's
true!"
cried
Stack
at
last.
"I
see
him!
I
see
two
of
them
up
there!"
"My
binoculars!"
shouted
Joe.
His
hands
shook,
and
it
took
him
a
long
time
to
focus
the
glasses.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"It's
true!"
cried
Stack
at
last.
Line 2
"I
see
him!
Line 3
I
see
two
of
them
up
there!"
Line 4
"My
binoculars!"
shouted
Joe.
Line 5
His
hands
shook,
and
it
took
him
a
long
time
to
focus
the
glasses.
Learner Dictionary
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Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's true!" cried Stack at last.”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.”
Last
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's true!" cried Stack at last.”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.”
Shouted
noun
US /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"My binoculars!" shouted Joe.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.”
Took
noun
US /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.”
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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 His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It's true!" cried Stack at last.
binoculars
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From this reading "My binoculars!" shouted Joe.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's true!" cried Stack at last.
focus
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From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
glasses
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From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I see him!
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I see him!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
It's
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From this reading "It's true!" cried Stack at last.
Joe
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From this reading "My binoculars!" shouted Joe.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's true!" cried Stack at last.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My binoculars!" shouted Joe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I see two of them up there!"
see
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From this reading "I see him!
shook
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From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My binoculars!" shouted Joe.
Stack
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From this reading "It's true!" cried Stack at last.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I see two of them up there!"
there
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From this reading I see two of them up there!"
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His hands shook, and it took him a long time to focus the glasses.
true
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From this reading "It's true!" cried Stack at last.
two
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From this reading I see two of them up there!"
up
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From this reading I see two of them up there!"