Chapter IX
“They're a hard crowd--” I admitted. “I have seen them! They are stone-faced men! They are wolves with machinery! They are savages with polished fingernails!
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Chapter IX
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“They're
a
hard
crowd--”
I
admitted.
“I
have
seen
them!
They
are
stone-faced
men!
They
are
wolves
with
machinery!
They
are
savages
with
polished
fingernails!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“They're
a
hard
crowd--”
I
admitted.
Line 2
“I
have
seen
them!
Line 3
They
are
stone-faced
men!
Line 4
They
are
wolves
with
machinery!
Line 5
They
are
savages
with
polished
fingernails!
Learner Dictionary
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Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I have seen them!”
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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 “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
admitted
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From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are stone-faced men!
crowd
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fingernails
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hard
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From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have seen them!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
machinery
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From this reading They are wolves with machinery!
men
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From this reading They are stone-faced men!
polished
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savages
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From this reading They are savages with polished fingernails!
seen
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From this reading “I have seen them!
stone-faced
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From this reading They are stone-faced men!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I have seen them!
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are stone-faced men!
They're
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From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They are wolves with machinery!
wolves
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From this reading They are wolves with machinery!