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Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags

Chapter IX

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THE PAINTED BIT.
Baden was at its brightest.
The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.
The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.
Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Under Two Flags

Chapter IX

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

Line 1
THE PAINTED BIT.
Line 2
Baden was at its brightest.
Line 3
The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.
Line 4
The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.
Line 5
Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

Learner Dictionary

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

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.””

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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 The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Baden was at its brightest.

Ave

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

Baden

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From this reading Baden was at its brightest.

Badischer

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From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

Bauer

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From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

BIT

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From this reading THE PAINTED BIT.

brightest

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From this reading Baden was at its brightest.

Caesar

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

chiefs

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

crowded

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From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

dazzling

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From this reading The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

Galignani

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

grandeur

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

Hof

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From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

Imperator

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

Imperial

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Baden was at its brightest.

Kurliste

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From this reading The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

names

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From this reading The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

PAINTED

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From this reading THE PAINTED BIT.

papelito

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

peace

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

saluted

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

sauntered

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

slippers

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

smoked

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

Stephanie

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From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

string

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From this reading The Kurliste had a dazzling string of names.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE PAINTED BIT.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

used

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From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”

Victoria

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From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Baden was at its brightest.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading The Victoria, the Badischer Hof, the Stephanie Bauer were crowded.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Imperial grandeur sauntered in slippers; chiefs, used to be saluted with “Ave Caesar Imperator,” smoked a papelito in peace over “Galignani.”