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Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace

Chapter I

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To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.
I.
"Look for a man named Grim."
II.
"No objection; Only a stipulation."
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Jimgrim and Allah's Peace

Chapter I

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.
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I.
/aɪ/
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"Look for a man named Grim."
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II.
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"No objection; Only a stipulation."

Learner Dictionary

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

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Look for a man named Grim."”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.”

Name noun US /name/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.”

All words in this reading · 25

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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 "Look for a man named Grim."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

distinctions

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Look for a man named Grim."

Grim

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From this reading "Look for a man named Grim."

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

II

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From this reading II.

Jimgrim

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

LooknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Look for a man named Grim."

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

man

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From this reading "Look for a man named Grim."

military

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

namenounUS /name/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

named

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From this reading "Look for a man named Grim."

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "No objection; Only a stipulation."

objection

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From this reading "No objection; Only a stipulation."

Only

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From this reading "No objection; Only a stipulation."

promised

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

public

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

rank

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

real

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From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

stipulation

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From this reading "No objection; Only a stipulation."

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.