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Lady Cassandra
Lady Cassandra

Chapter IX

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Context Illustration Reading 1/82 · 5 lines
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Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.
"Domesticities again.
I'm off.
I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...
Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Lady Cassandra

Chapter IX

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.
Line 2
"Domesticities again.
Line 3
I'm off.
Line 4
I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...
Line 5
Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Domesticities again.”

Believe noun US /ˈbelieve/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"”

All words in this reading · 29

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againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Domesticities again.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.

believenounUS /ˈbelieve/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

dock

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From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

Domesticities

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From this reading "Domesticities again.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.

house

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From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

I'm

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From this reading I'm off.

Katrine

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From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

laughed

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From this reading Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

Martin

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From this reading Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.

off

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From this reading I'm off.

Raynors

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From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

shoulders

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From this reading Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.

shrugged

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From this reading Martin laughed and shrugged his shoulders.

sixpences

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From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

used

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From this reading I believe Katrine used to dock off sixpences...

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

Well

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From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Well! you will let the Raynors know that we can have the house?"