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Chapter XXII

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SUDDEN NEWS.
What is luck?
Is there such an influence?
What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?
Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XXII

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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SUDDEN NEWS.
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What is luck?
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Is there such an influence?
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What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?
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Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

Learner Dictionary

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

Fortune noun US /ˈfortune/

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

From this reading “Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?”

Name noun US /name/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?”

SUDDEN noun US /sudden/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “SUDDEN NEWS.”

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acknowledge

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

action

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

altogether

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From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

andeterminerUS /æn/

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

From this reading Is there such an influence?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

Call

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

consistently

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From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

death

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

fate

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/

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

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

influence

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From this reading Is there such an influence?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading What is luck?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

law

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From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

luck

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From this reading What is luck?

man

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

namenounUS /name/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

Napoleon

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

NEWS

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From this reading SUDDEN NEWS.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

power

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From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

quietude

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

rejects

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From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Is there such an influence?

SUDDENnounUS /sudden/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading SUDDEN NEWS.

Swedenborg

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

there

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From this reading Is there such an influence?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

type

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From this reading What type of mind rejects altogether, and consistently, this law or power?

visions

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From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What is luck?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it?