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Plays : Third Series
Plays : Third Series

Chapter XIX

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KATHERINE.
Nurse!
You too!
She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.
The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : Third Series

Chapter XIX

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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KATHERINE.
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Nurse!
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You too!
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She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.
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The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

Learner Dictionary

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

Towards preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.”

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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 The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

away

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From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

cheek

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From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

dismay

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From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

KATHERINE

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From this reading KATHERINE.

looks

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From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

Nurse

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From this reading Nurse!

OLIVE'S

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From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

room

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From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

slow

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From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

smudges

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From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

tear

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From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The NURSE smudges a slow tear away from her cheek.

too

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From this reading You too!

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading She looks towards OLIVE'S room with dismay.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You too!