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Shorter Novels, Vol. 3
Shorter Novels, Vol. 3

Chapter I

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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Shorter Novels, Vol. 3

Chapter I

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Learner Dictionary

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About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

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Different noun US /ˈdifferent/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

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May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

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Need noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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Order noun US /order/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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Several noun US /ˈseveral/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

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Within preposition US /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

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1

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

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accents

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

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asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

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bars

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book

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changes

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characters

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contains

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corrections

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detailed

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differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

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display

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e

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emphasis

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end

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font

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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g

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Greek

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Hebrew

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

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indicated

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information

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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

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italicized

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Latin

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made

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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

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neednounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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ordernounUS /order/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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Otherwise

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passages

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properly

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see

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several

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suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

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text

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

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thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

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ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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toparticleUS /tuː/

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

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Unicode

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Upright

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use

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used

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version

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vertical

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading This book contains several Unicode characters, such as Greek with accents (e.g. γάω) and Hebrew (e.g. הבל).

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

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YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

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γάω

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הבל

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