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Plays : Third Series

Chapter V

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MALISE.
I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
And I can't.
It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : Third Series

Chapter V

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

Line 1
MALISE.
Line 2
I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
Line 3
No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
Line 4
And I can't.
Line 5
It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
All words in this reading · 22

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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And I can't.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

can't

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From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

CLARE

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From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.

give

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From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?

isn't

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From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?

it's

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From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

MALISE

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From this reading MALISE.

manufactured

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From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

real

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From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

solemn

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From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.

word

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From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.