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Wandl the Invader
Wandl the Invader

Chapter X

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Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.
"Let's get started, Gregg.
The storm seems over."
It was.
We found the purple-red starry night again outside.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Wandl the Invader

Chapter X

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.
Line 2
"Let's get started, Gregg.
Line 3
The storm seems over."
Line 4
It was.
/ɪt wɑːz/
Line 5
We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We found the purple-red starry night again outside.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We found the purple-red starry night again outside.”

Outside noun US /ˈoutside/

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

From this reading “We found the purple-red starry night again outside.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “The storm seems over."”

All words in this reading · 26

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againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

electronic

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

get

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From this reading "Let's get started, Gregg.

gravity

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

Gregg

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From this reading "Let's get started, Gregg.

guns

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was.

Let's

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From this reading "Let's get started, Gregg.

night

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From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/

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

From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading The storm seems over."

projectors

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

purple-red

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From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

seems

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From this reading The storm seems over."

shared

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

small

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

Snap

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From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

starry

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From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.

started

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From this reading "Let's get started, Gregg.

storm

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From this reading The storm seems over."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Snap and I shared the gravity projectors and the small electronic guns.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading It was.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We found the purple-red starry night again outside.