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A Noble Name
A Noble Name

Chapter VII

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JOHANNA TO LUDWIG.
"DOeNNINGHAUSEN, Dec.
19, 1873.
I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Noble Name

Chapter VII

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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JOHANNA TO LUDWIG.
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"DOeNNINGHAUSEN, Dec.
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19, 1873.
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I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

Learner Dictionary

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

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.”

Entirely noun US /ˈentirely/

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

From this reading “I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.”

All words in this reading · 20

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1873

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From this reading 19, 1873.

19

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From this reading 19, 1873.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

Dec

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From this reading "DOeNNINGHAUSEN, Dec.

DOeNNINGHAUSEN

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From this reading "DOeNNINGHAUSEN, Dec.

entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/

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

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

feel

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From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

fortnight

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From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

home

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From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

JOHANNA

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From this reading JOHANNA TO LUDWIG.

just

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From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.

LUDWIG

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From this reading JOHANNA TO LUDWIG.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading JOHANNA TO LUDWIG.

to-day

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From this reading I have been here just a fortnight to-day, and feel entirely at home.