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Anne: A Novel
Anne: A Novel

Chapter XXIII

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"When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...
How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...
....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"
--THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.
The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Anne: A Novel

Chapter XXIII

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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"When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...
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How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...
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....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"
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--THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.
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The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

Learner Dictionary

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Remember verb US /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading “"When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...”

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ALDRICH

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From this reading --THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.

alive

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From this reading ....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

BAILEY

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From this reading --THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading ....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

dark

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dear

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died

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hospital

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how

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Ignoble

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From this reading ....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"

lagoons

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lives

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lone

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From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

mountain-side

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nurses

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From this reading The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

railway

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From this reading The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

ravine

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rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

seems

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From this reading ....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"

southward

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spent

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From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

steamboat

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From this reading The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

streams

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tent

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From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

THOMAS

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From this reading --THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.

three

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From this reading The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ....it seems Ignoble to be alive!"

travelled

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From this reading The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

wagon

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From this reading The three nurses travelled southward by railway, steamboat, and wagon.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...

weary

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From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading How their dear lives were spent By lone lagoons and streams, In the weary hospital tent,...

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading "When we remember how they died-- In dark ravine and on the mountain-side,...