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A Modern Chronicle — Volume 03
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 03

Chapter I

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Volume 3.
SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!
It was late November.
And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.
She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Modern Chronicle — Volume 03

Chapter I

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Volume 3.
Line 2
SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!
Line 3
It was late November.
Line 4
And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.
Line 5
She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.”

LONG noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.”

SHALL modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!”

All words in this reading · 44

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3

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From this reading Volume 3.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

ASconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

BOTHdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!

car

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

child

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From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

drawing-room

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

excursion

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From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

fantastic

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

forest

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

happy

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From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

Honora

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was late November.

late

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From this reading It was late November.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

LIVE

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From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!

LONGnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!

moss-hung

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

November

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From this reading It was late November.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

sat

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

SHALLmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

sleeping

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

SOconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!

Southern

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

stared

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

taken

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From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

unknown

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From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

unreal

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

Volume

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From this reading Volume 3.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was late November.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading She was happy, as a child is happy who is taken on an excursion into the unknown.

window

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From this reading And as Honora sat at the window of the drawing-room of the sleeping car, life seemed as fantastic and unreal as the moss-hung Southern forest into which she stared.

YEpronounUS /jiː/

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE!