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Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After

Chapter I

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Chapter LIX.
Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
Chapter LXXXVII.
Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
Chapter LXXXVIII.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Twenty Years After

Chapter I

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Chapter LIX.
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Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
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Chapter LXXXVII.
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Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
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Chapter LXXXVIII.

Learner Dictionary

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

Captain noun US /ˈcaptain/

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

From this reading “Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”

Thinking noun US /thinking/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.”

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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 Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

Appetites

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From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

Baron

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From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/

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

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

Chapter

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From this reading Chapter LIX.

Courage

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From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

D'Artagnan

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From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

LIX

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From this reading Chapter LIX.

lose

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From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

LXXXVII

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From this reading Chapter LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII

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From this reading Chapter LXXXVIII.

Natures

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From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

Noble

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From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

Porthos

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From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

Stomachs

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From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

ThinkingnounUS /thinking/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.