Chapter XII
I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds. I found them intact. In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor. I picked up her gun. She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
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Chapter XII
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I
stopped
to
look
at
my
prisoner's
bonds.
I
found
them
intact.
In
bending
over
him
my
foot
struck
something
on
the
floor.
I
picked
up
her
gun.
She
had
been
obliged
to
drop
it
in
order
to
use
the
knife.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
I
stopped
to
look
at
my
prisoner's
bonds.
Line 2
I
found
them
intact.
Line 3
In
bending
over
him
my
foot
struck
something
on
the
floor.
Line 4
I
picked
up
her
gun.
Line 5
She
had
been
obliged
to
drop
it
in
order
to
use
the
knife.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.”
Foot
noun
US /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.”
Found
noun
US /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I found them intact.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.”
Order
noun
US /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.”
Something
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.”
Stopped
noun
US /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.”
Struck
noun
US /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.”
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
bending
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From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
bonds
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From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
drop
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From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
floor
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From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found them intact.
gun
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From this reading I picked up her gun.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I picked up her gun.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
intact
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From this reading I found them intact.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
knife
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From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
obliged
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From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
picked
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From this reading I picked up her gun.
prisoner's
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From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In bending over him my foot struck something on the floor.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I found them intact.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I stopped to look at my prisoner's bonds.
up
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From this reading I picked up her gun.
use
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From this reading She had been obliged to drop it in order to use the knife.