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Plays : Fifth Series
Plays : Fifth Series

Chapter III

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BUILDER.
Don't put your oar in!
I've had wonderful patience so far.
[He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!
This is what comes of it!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : Fifth Series

Chapter III

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
BUILDER.
Line 2
Don't put your oar in!
Line 3
I've had wonderful patience so far.
Line 4
[He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!
Line 5
This is what comes of it!

Learner Dictionary

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

Art auxiliary verb US /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading “[He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “[He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!”

Wonderful noun US /ˈwonderful/

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

From this reading “I've had wonderful patience so far.”

All words in this reading · 26

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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 [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

boot

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From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

BUILDER

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From this reading BUILDER.

comes

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From this reading This is what comes of it!

Don't

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From this reading Don't put your oar in!

drawing

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From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

far

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From this reading I've had wonderful patience so far.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I've had wonderful patience so far.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

I've

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From this reading I've had wonderful patience so far.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Don't put your oar in!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading This is what comes of it!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading This is what comes of it!

oar

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From this reading Don't put your oar in!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading This is what comes of it!

patience

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From this reading I've had wonderful patience so far.

put

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From this reading Don't put your oar in!

puts

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From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I've had wonderful patience so far.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This is what comes of it!

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading [He puts his boot through a drawing] Art!

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading This is what comes of it!

wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/

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

From this reading I've had wonderful patience so far.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Don't put your oar in!