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"I know it," said Green gloomily.
"And _you_ flunked in almost everything."
"In everything," admitted Williams, deeply mortified.
"And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!
Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter VII

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"I know it," said Green gloomily.
Line 2
"And _you_ flunked in almost everything."
Line 3
"In everything," admitted Williams, deeply mortified.
Line 4
"And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!
Line 5
Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

Learner Dictionary

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

Everything pronoun US /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “"And _you_ flunked in almost everything."”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I know it," said Green gloomily.”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “"And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!”

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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 "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

admitted

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From this reading "In everything," admitted Williams, deeply mortified.

almost

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From this reading "And _you_ flunked in almost everything."

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "And _you_ flunked in almost everything."

anywhere

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

broker

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From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

can't

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

deeply

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From this reading "In everything," admitted Williams, deeply mortified.

everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading "And _you_ flunked in almost everything."

face

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

find

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

flunked

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From this reading "And _you_ flunked in almost everything."

gloomily

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From this reading "I know it," said Green gloomily.

go

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

Green

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From this reading "I know it," said Green gloomily.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "I know it," said Green gloomily.

I'm

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From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading "And _you_ flunked in almost everything."

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I know it," said Green gloomily.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I know it," said Green gloomily.

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

merely

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From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

mortified

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From this reading "In everything," admitted Williams, deeply mortified.

novels

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

odd

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From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

said

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From this reading "I know it," said Green gloomily.

staring

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

thirty

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From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

Why

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From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.

Williams

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From this reading "In everything," admitted Williams, deeply mortified.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading "And yet," said Green, "here we are at thirty odd; and I'm merely a broker, and--_look_ what _you_ are!

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "And _you_ flunked in almost everything."

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Why, I can't go anywhere but I find one of your novels staring me in the face.