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The Dark Star

Chapter I

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Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.
Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
Through the still noon-- Where are you going?
To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Dark Star

Chapter I

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.
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Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
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RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
Line 4
Through the still noon-- Where are you going?
Line 5
To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!”

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Through the still noon-- Where are you going?”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Through the still noon-- Where are you going?”

Thunder noun US /ˈthunder/

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

From this reading “To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!”

Wind noun US /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!”

All words in this reading · 42

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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 Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?

Author

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BENJAMIN

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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?

blowing

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

c'metier-la

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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

chercher

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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

Children

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comfort

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

comprendre

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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

Dans

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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

dune

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

Etc

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faut

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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

find

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

Girl

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Goes

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going

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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

Hidden

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From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

moon

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

Naia

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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?

noon

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From this reading Through the still noon-- Where are you going?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.

Philippa

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RENE

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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?

rien

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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.

sea

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Through the still noon-- Where are you going?

stormy

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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.

There

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From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.

ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Through the still noon-- Where are you going?

thundernounUS /ˈthunder/

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

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.

windnounUS /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?