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Dear Brutus
Dear Brutus

Chapter V

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MARGARET (coaxingly).
You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?
DEARTH.
Not so bad.
MARGARET.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dear Brutus

Chapter V

Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MARGARET (coaxingly).
Line 2
You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?
Line 3
DEARTH.
Line 4
Not so bad.
Line 5
MARGARET.

Learner Dictionary

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

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?”

Whatever determiner US /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading “You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?”

All words in this reading · 17

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bad

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From this reading Not so bad.

coaxingly

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From this reading MARGARET (coaxingly).

Dad

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

DEARTH

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From this reading DEARTH.

don't

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

m

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

MARGARET

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From this reading MARGARET (coaxingly).

NotadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not so bad.

other

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

people

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

pretty

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

say

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From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Not so bad.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You think I 'm pretty, don't you, Dad, whatever other people say?