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Chapter I

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_Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.
Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.
The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.
"Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.
"I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Quickie

Chapter I

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.
Line 2
Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.
Line 3
The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.
Line 4
"Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.
Line 5
"I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

Learner Dictionary

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

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.”

All words in this reading · 69

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360

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

adventurer

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

afforded

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

also

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

always

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

amorous

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

big

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

bubble

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

champion

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

chin

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

city

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

close-set

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

coptercab

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

crowded

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

degree

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

Dr

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

energetic

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

EvennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

eyes

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

felt

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

frustrating

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From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

full

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

goldfish

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

Grover

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

hazel

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

Hurry

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

hurrying

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From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

I'm

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From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

indifference

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From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

Kinsey

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

lanes

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

legal

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

like

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

man

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

marriages

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

meet

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

Mr

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From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

multiple

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

nation's

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

people

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

philanderer

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

pilot

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From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

plexiglass

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

polygamous

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

relations

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

said

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

see

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

sexual

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

Simon

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

small

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

stubborn

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From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _Dr. Kinsey, meet Mr. Grover, the amorous adventurer.

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I'm hurrying," the pilot told him with frustrating indifference.

traffic

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

vision

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From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "Hurry," said Simon Grover, a small, energetic man with close-set hazel eyes and a stubborn chin.

world

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From this reading Even in a world of polygamous sexual relations and legal multiple marriages, here is the nation's champion philanderer!_ Simon Grover always felt like a goldfish in a coptercab.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The plexiglass bubble afforded full 360 degree vision, but people could also see you from the crowded traffic lanes above a big city.