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Plays : First Series

Chapter XIX

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MADGE.
[In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.
You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.
Go back and tell the Manager that.
ENID.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : First Series

Chapter XIX

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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MADGE.
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[In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.
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You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.
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Go back and tell the Manager that.
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ENID.

Learner Dictionary

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

Amongst preposition US /əˈmʌŋst/

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading “You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Go back and tell the Manager that.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.”

Yourself pronoun US /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading “[In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.”

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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 [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

back

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From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

ENID

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From this reading ENID.

feelings

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From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

fierce

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From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

Go

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From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

Keep

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From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

kind

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From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

low

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From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

MADGE

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From this reading MADGE.

Manager

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From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

mistaken

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From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Go back and tell the Manager that.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

voice

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From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

you're

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From this reading You think you can come amongst us, but you're mistaken.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.

yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading [In a low, fierce voice.] Keep your kind feelings to yourself.