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Chapter X

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Context Illustration Reading 1/35 · 5 lines
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OUR NEXT DOOR.
We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.
THE PARSON.
So am I.
OUR NEXT DOOR.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Backlog Studies

Chapter X

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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OUR NEXT DOOR.
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We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.
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THE PARSON.
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So am I.
/soʊ æm aɪ/
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OUR NEXT DOOR.

Learner Dictionary

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

NEXT noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “OUR NEXT DOOR.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.”

All words in this reading · 23

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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 We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading So am I.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

awful

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

don't

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

DOOR

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From this reading OUR NEXT DOOR.

dwelling

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

glad

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

grand

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

I'm

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

living

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

NEXTnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading OUR NEXT DOOR.

novels

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

OURdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading OUR NEXT DOOR.

PARSON

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From this reading THE PARSON.

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So am I.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE PARSON.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.

write

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From this reading We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time; I'm glad I don't write novels.