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Kathleen's Diamonds
Kathleen's Diamonds

Chapter XXXI

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"OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
PRAYED DAISY LYNN.
Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Kathleen's Diamonds

Chapter XXXI

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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"OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
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PRAYED DAISY LYNN.
Line 3
Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
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Line 5

Learner Dictionary

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

HAVE auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"”

Same noun US /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”

All words in this reading · 27

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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 Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

brother

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

DAISY

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From this reading PRAYED DAISY LYNN.

Dwelling

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

HAVEauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"

home

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

known

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

Like

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

lone

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

LYNN

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From this reading PRAYED DAISY LYNN.

Many

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

MEpronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"

Misery

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

OH

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From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"

ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"

other

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

PITY

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From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"

PRAYED

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From this reading PRAYED DAISY LYNN.

samenounUS /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

SIR

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From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"

sister

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .

years

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From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .