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Chapter XIII

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DELIA.
How are you, Betty?
I've left school.
BETTY.
Very nicely, thank you, miss.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

First Plays

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
DELIA.
Line 2
How are you, Betty?
Line 3
I've left school.
Line 4
BETTY.
Line 5
Very nicely, thank you, miss.

Learner Dictionary

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

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I've left school.”

All words in this reading · 12

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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading How are you, Betty?

Betty

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From this reading How are you, Betty?

DELIA

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From this reading DELIA.

How

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From this reading How are you, Betty?

I've

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From this reading I've left school.

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I've left school.

miss

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From this reading Very nicely, thank you, miss.

nicely

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From this reading Very nicely, thank you, miss.

school

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From this reading I've left school.

thank

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From this reading Very nicely, thank you, miss.

Very

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From this reading Very nicely, thank you, miss.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading How are you, Betty?