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Violet Forster's Lover
Violet Forster's Lover

Chapter I

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Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_.
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
"A straight."
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Violet Forster's Lover

Chapter I

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
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London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
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"A straight."

Learner Dictionary

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Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_.”

Interrupted noun US /ˈinterrupted/

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

From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_.”

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1

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3

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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 "A straight."

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.

Author

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Blake

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booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

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BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

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cards

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CASSELL

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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.

com

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COMPANY

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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.

DwPAAAAQAAJ

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etc

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google

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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

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http

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id

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InterruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/

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

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Kiss

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London

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Lovely

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LTD

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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.

MARSH

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Melbourne

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Mrs

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New

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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Oxford

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Page

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RICHARD

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scan

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Sisters

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source

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straight

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From this reading "A straight."

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

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Tickell

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Toronto

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turned

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Twin

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University

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York

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