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Condensed Novels

Chapter LXVIII

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COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.
I am a foreigner.
Observe!
To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Condensed Novels

Chapter LXVIII

Reading 1/10 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.
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I am a foreigner.
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Observe!
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To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
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M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

Learner Dictionary

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

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.”

Mysterious adjective US /mɪˈstɪriəs/

difficult to explain or understand

From this reading “To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.”

All words in this reading · 28

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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 I am a foreigner.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am a foreigner.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

certain

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

Collins

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

complicity

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

COUNT

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From this reading COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.

England

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From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

foreigner

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From this reading I am a foreigner.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

history

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I am a foreigner.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

intriguing

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From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

M

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

MOSCOW'S

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From this reading COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/

difficult to explain or understand

From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

NARRATIVE

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From this reading COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.

Observe

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From this reading Observe!

occurrences

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

requested

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From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

suspicious

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From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.