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When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel

Chapter XVIII

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AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.
There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.
It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.
Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.
He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel

Chapter XVIII

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.
Line 2
There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.
Line 3
It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.
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Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.
Line 5
He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.”

Diet noun US /ˈdiet/

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

From this reading “AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.”

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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 PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

able

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

aplenty

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From this reading There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.

bare

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

barren

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

barriers

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

Britt

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

dietnounUS /ˈdiet/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

door

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

effective

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

Egypt

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From this reading There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.

enough

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

Files's

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

flood

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

flooded

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

Frank

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

God's

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

HARDENED

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.

HEART

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

hills

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

just

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From this reading He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.

landlord

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From this reading He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.

modest

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

out

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

PHARAOH'S

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

secure

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

shade

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

slice

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

soap

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

sunlight

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

sunlight's

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

sunshine

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From this reading There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.

talking

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From this reading He had just been talking to the landlord about the tavern diet.

Tasper

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

tavern

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

There

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From this reading There was aplenty of that sunshine in Egypt.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

trees

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

trig

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

valleys

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From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

Vaniman

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

Wagg

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

walked

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From this reading Tasper Britt walked out into it from the door of Files's tavern.

WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.

wiles

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From this reading AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED By the wiles of Wagg and a soap diet Frank Vaniman had been able to secure his modest slice of God's sunlight.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It flooded the bare hills and the barren valleys; there were not trees enough to trig the sunlight's flood with effective barriers of shade.