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The Disowned — Volume 03
The Disowned — Volume 03

Chapter IV

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What is this soul, then?
Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!
Some fearful end must be-- .
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Disowned — Volume 03

Chapter IV

Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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What is this soul, then?
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Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!
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Some fearful end must be-- .
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Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Some fearful end must be-- .”

Whence adverb US /wens/

an old word meaning “from where”

From this reading “Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!”

All words in this reading · 25

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Some fearful end must be-- .

Came

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From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

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

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

end

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From this reading Some fearful end must be-- .

fearful

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From this reading Some fearful end must be-- .

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

identity

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From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading What is this soul, then?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Some fearful end must be-- .

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

own

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From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

seem

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From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

self-passion

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From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!

Some

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From this reading Some fearful end must be-- .

soul

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From this reading What is this soul, then?

then

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From this reading What is this soul, then?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading What is this soul, then?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What is this soul, then?

WhenceadverbUS /wens/

an old word meaning “from where”

From this reading Whence Came it?--It does not seem my own, and I Have no self-passion or identity!