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Chapter V

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OLIVER.
Good biz.
(He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)
[Enter the PIRATE CHIEF.
PIRATE CHIEF (with a flourish).
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Second Plays

Chapter V

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
OLIVER.
Line 2
Good biz.
Line 3
(He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)
Line 4
[Enter the PIRATE CHIEF.
Line 5
PIRATE CHIEF (with a flourish).

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “(He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good biz.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “(He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)”

All words in this reading · 20

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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 PIRATE CHIEF (with a flourish).

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

biz

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From this reading Good biz.

CHIEF

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From this reading [Enter the PIRATE CHIEF.

Enter

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From this reading [Enter the PIRATE CHIEF.

eyes

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From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

flourish

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From this reading PIRATE CHIEF (with a flourish).

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Good biz.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

OLIVER

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From this reading OLIVER.

PIRATE

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From this reading [Enter the PIRATE CHIEF.

shuts

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From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

stands

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From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading [Enter the PIRATE CHIEF.

up

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From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

waves

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From this reading (He stands up, shuts his eyes and waves his hands about.)

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading PIRATE CHIEF (with a flourish).