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Chapter VII

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Scottish Perseverance.
-- Thomas Carlyle, David Livingstone, and General Gordon.
-- Literary Exploits of a Scotchman.
-- Scottish Students.
-- All the Students study.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Friend Mac Donald

Chapter VII

Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Scottish Perseverance.
Line 2
-- Thomas Carlyle, David Livingstone, and General Gordon.
Line 3
-- Literary Exploits of a Scotchman.
Line 4
-- Scottish Students.
Line 5
-- All the Students study.

Learner Dictionary

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Perseverance noun US /ˌpɝː.səˈvɪr.əns/

Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in success. (Sự kiên trì, bền bỉ không bỏ cuộc.)

From this reading “Scottish Perseverance.”

All words in this reading · 18

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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 -- Literary Exploits of a Scotchman.

All

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From this reading -- All the Students study.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading -- Thomas Carlyle, David Livingstone, and General Gordon.

Carlyle

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David

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Exploits

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From this reading -- Literary Exploits of a Scotchman.

General

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Gordon

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Literary

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Livingstone

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From this reading -- Thomas Carlyle, David Livingstone, and General Gordon.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading -- Literary Exploits of a Scotchman.

PerseverancenounUS /ˌpɝː.səˈvɪr.əns/

Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in success. (Sự kiên trì, bền bỉ không bỏ cuộc.)

From this reading Scottish Perseverance.

Scotchman

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From this reading -- Literary Exploits of a Scotchman.

Scottish

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From this reading Scottish Perseverance.

Students

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From this reading -- Scottish Students.

study

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From this reading -- All the Students study.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading -- All the Students study.

Thomas

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From this reading -- Thomas Carlyle, David Livingstone, and General Gordon.