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Plays : Fourth Series
Plays : Fourth Series

Chapter XVIII

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[As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.
HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]
JILL.
[To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?
ROLF.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : Fourth Series

Chapter XVIII

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

Line 1
[As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.
Line 2
HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]
Line 3
JILL.
Line 4
[To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?
Line 5
ROLF.

Learner Dictionary

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

Beside preposition US /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading “HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “[As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.”

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 HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

abstractedly

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From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

door

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From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

down

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From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

HILLCRIST

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From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

JILL

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From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

nod

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From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

out

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From this reading [To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?

passes

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From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

reaches

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From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

ROLF

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From this reading [To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?

see

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From this reading [To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?

sits

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From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading [As he reaches the door, HILLCRIST and JILL come in.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading [To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?

turned

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From this reading [To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?

uspronounUS /ʌs/

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

From this reading [To ROLF] Come to see us turned out?

wife

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From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading HILLCRIST passes him abstractedly with a nod, and sits down beside his wife.]