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Chapter VIII

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Good old Times.
-- A Trick.
-- Untying Cravats.
-- Bible and Whisky.
-- Evenings in Scotland.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Friend Mac Donald

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Good old Times.
Line 2
-- A Trick.
Line 3
-- Untying Cravats.
Line 4
-- Bible and Whisky.
Line 5
-- Evenings in Scotland.

Learner Dictionary

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

Bible noun US /bible/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “-- Bible and Whisky.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good old Times.”

All words in this reading · 13

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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 -- A Trick.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading -- Bible and Whisky.

Bible

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From this reading -- Bible and Whisky.

Cravats

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From this reading -- Untying Cravats.

Evenings

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From this reading -- Evenings in Scotland.

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Good old Times.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading -- Evenings in Scotland.

old

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From this reading Good old Times.

Scotland

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From this reading -- Evenings in Scotland.

Times

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From this reading Good old Times.

Trick

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From this reading -- A Trick.

Untying

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From this reading -- Untying Cravats.

Whisky

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From this reading -- Bible and Whisky.