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Chapter XXVIII

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Where are the Scotch?
-- Something wanting in the Landscape.
-- The Inhabitants.
-- The Highlanders and the Servant Girls.
-- Evening in Princes Street.
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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 XXVIII

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Where are the Scotch?
Line 2
-- Something wanting in the Landscape.
Line 3
-- The Inhabitants.
Line 4
-- The Highlanders and the Servant Girls.
Line 5
-- Evening in Princes Street.

Learner Dictionary

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

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “-- Something wanting in the Landscape.”

All words in this reading · 16

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading -- The Highlanders and the Servant Girls.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Where are the Scotch?

Evening

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From this reading -- Evening in Princes Street.

Girls

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From this reading -- The Highlanders and the Servant Girls.

Highlanders

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From this reading -- The Highlanders and the Servant Girls.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading -- Something wanting in the Landscape.

Inhabitants

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From this reading -- The Inhabitants.

Landscape

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From this reading -- Something wanting in the Landscape.

Princes

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From this reading -- Evening in Princes Street.

Scotch

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From this reading Where are the Scotch?

Servant

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From this reading -- The Highlanders and the Servant Girls.

SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading -- Something wanting in the Landscape.

Street

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From this reading -- Evening in Princes Street.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Where are the Scotch?

wanting

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From this reading -- Something wanting in the Landscape.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Where are the Scotch?