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SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."
"When?"
"At once," Rosario answered.
"By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."
"Then he is back?" the girl flashed.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XXV

Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."
Line 2
"When?"
/wen/
Line 3
"At once," Rosario answered.
Line 4
"By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."
Line 5
"Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

Learner Dictionary

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

Answered noun US /ˈanswered/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “"At once," Rosario answered.”

HAND noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"At once," Rosario answered.”

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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 SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

answerednounUS /ˈanswered/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading "At once," Rosario answered.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "At once," Rosario answered.

back

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From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."

flashed

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From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

girl

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From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

HAND

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

LATIMER

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

MacQueen

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From this reading "By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."

once

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From this reading "At once," Rosario answered.

orders

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From this reading "By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."

ready

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

Rosario

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From this reading "At once," Rosario answered.

Senor

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From this reading "By orders of _Senor_ MacQueen."

senorita

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

SQUIRE

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

TAKES

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

Then

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From this reading "Then he is back?" the girl flashed.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

town

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

trip

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading "When?"

You're

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From this reading SQUIRE LATIMER TAKES A HAND "You're to make ready for a trip to town, _senorita_."