Chapter XI
I KNOW something of it. I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning. All of a sudden the carriage stopped. There was a crowd in the square. I put my head out of the door.
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I
KNOW
something
of
it.
I
was
driving
by
the
Place
de
Grêve
once,
about
eleven
o’clock
in
the
morning.
All
of
a
sudden
the
carriage
stopped.
There
was
a
crowd
in
the
square.
I
put
my
head
out
of
the
door.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
I
KNOW
something
of
it.
/aɪ know ˈsʌmθɪŋ ʌv ɪt/
Line 2
I
was
driving
by
the
Place
de
Grêve
once,
about
eleven
o’clock
in
the
morning.
Line 3
All
of
a
sudden
the
carriage
stopped.
Line 4
There
was
a
crowd
in
the
square.
Line 5
I
put
my
head
out
of
the
door.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
About
preposition
US /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.”
KNOW
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I KNOW something of it.”
Morning
noun
US /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.”
Once
noun
US /once/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.”
Something
pronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I KNOW something of it.”
Stopped
noun
US /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden the carriage stopped.”
Sudden
noun
US /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden the carriage stopped.”
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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 All of a sudden the carriage stopped.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
All
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From this reading All of a sudden the carriage stopped.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
carriage
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From this reading All of a sudden the carriage stopped.
crowd
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From this reading There was a crowd in the square.
de
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
door
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From this reading I put my head out of the door.
driving
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
eleven
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
Grêve
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
head
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From this reading I put my head out of the door.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I KNOW something of it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I KNOW something of it.
KNOWnounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I KNOW something of it.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I put my head out of the door.
o'clock
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I KNOW something of it.
once
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
out
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From this reading I put my head out of the door.
Place
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From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
put
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From this reading I put my head out of the door.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I KNOW something of it.
square
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From this reading There was a crowd in the square.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden the carriage stopped.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden the carriage stopped.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.
There
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From this reading There was a crowd in the square.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was driving by the Place de Grêve once, about eleven o’clock in the morning.