Chapter I
BALLANTINE BOOKS, INC. 101 Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N. Y. It's a _lovely_ world.... He was a reporter. A good one.
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Chapter I
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BALLANTINE
BOOKS,
INC.
101
Fifth
Avenue,
New
York
3,
N.
Y.
It's
a
_lovely_
world....
He
was
a
reporter.
A
good
one.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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BALLANTINE
BOOKS,
INC.
Line 2
101
Fifth
Avenue,
New
York
3,
N.
Y.
Line 3
It's
a
_lovely_
world....
Line 4
He
was
a
reporter.
Line 5
A
good
one.
/ə good wʌn/
Learner Dictionary
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BOOKS
noun
US /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “BALLANTINE BOOKS, INC.”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A good one.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “A good one.”
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101
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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
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Avenue
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BALLANTINE
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BOOKSnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
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Fifth
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goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A good one.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a reporter.
INC
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It's
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lovely
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N
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New
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A good one.
reporter
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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world
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Y
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York
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