Chapter XVII
There he was! And such a place he had never seen before. Such fruit! Such flowers! Such fountains!
Twilight Land
Chapter XVII
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There
he
was!
And
such
a
place
he
had
never
seen
before.
Such
fruit!
Such
flowers!
Such
fountains!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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There
he
was!
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And
such
a
place
he
had
never
seen
before.
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Such
fruit!
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Such
flowers!
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Such
fountains!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “And such a place he had never seen before.”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And such a place he had never seen before.”
All words in this reading · 14
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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 And such a place he had never seen before.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
flowers
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From this reading Such flowers!
fountains
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From this reading Such fountains!
fruit
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From this reading Such fruit!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There he was!
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
place
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From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
seen
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From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And such a place he had never seen before.
There
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From this reading There he was!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There he was!