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Pine Needles
Pine Needles

Chapter I

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PINE NEEDLES.
Warne's Star Series.
PINE NEEDLES.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Pine Needles

Chapter I

Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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PINE NEEDLES.
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Warne's Star Series.
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PINE NEEDLES.

Learner Dictionary

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

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

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Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.”

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all

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

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capital

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capitals

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corrected

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errors

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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.

NEEDLES

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From this reading PINE NEEDLES.

normalized

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obvious

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PINE

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From this reading PINE NEEDLES.

printer

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Punctuation

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replaced

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Series

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Small

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Star

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From this reading Warne's Star Series.

text

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Warne's

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From this reading Warne's Star Series.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

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