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Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/41 · 5 lines
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“Married?”
Johnny repeated the word dully.
Marney married…!
It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Room 13

Chapter III

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Married?”
Line 2
Johnny repeated the word dully.
Line 3
Marney married…!
Line 4
It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
Line 5
For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

Learner Dictionary

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

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Johnny repeated the word dully.”

All words in this reading · 28

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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 For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

chaos

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

comprehend

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From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.

dissolved

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

dully

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From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.

dust

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

existence

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

fabric

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

fell

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

impossible

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From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.

incredible

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From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.

Johnny

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From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

Marney

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From this reading Marney married…!

Married

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From this reading “Married?”

moment

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.

stays

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

supports

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From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.

word

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From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.