Chapter III
MRS. HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still. HOLROYD What? What? I'm to keep my tongue still, am I?
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Chapter III
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MRS.
HOLROYD
I
wish
you
understood
enough
to
keep
your
tongue
still.
HOLROYD
What?
What?
I'm
to
keep
my
tongue
still,
am
I?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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MRS.
Line 2
HOLROYD
I
wish
you
understood
enough
to
keep
your
tongue
still.
Line 3
HOLROYD
What?
Line 4
What?
/wʌt/
Line 5
I'm
to
keep
my
tongue
still,
am
I?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.”
Tongue
noun
US /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.”
All words in this reading · 16
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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I'm to keep my tongue still, am I?
enough
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From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
HOLROYD
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From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
I'm
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From this reading I'm to keep my tongue still, am I?
keep
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From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I'm to keep my tongue still, am I?
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
understood
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From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading HOLROYD What?
wish
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From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOLROYD I wish you understood enough to keep your tongue still.