Chapter IV
"It's a good guess," agreed Docchi. "She's exceedingly curious." "We may as well make the picture complete. Once in the ship she felt tired. She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
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Chapter IV
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"It's
a
good
guess,"
agreed
Docchi.
"She's
exceedingly
curious."
"We
may
as
well
make
the
picture
complete.
Once
in
the
ship
she
felt
tired.
She
found
a
comfortable
cabin
and
fell
asleep.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"It's
a
good
guess,"
agreed
Docchi.
Line 2
"She's
exceedingly
curious."
Line 3
"We
may
as
well
make
the
picture
complete.
Line 4
Once
in
the
ship
she
felt
tired.
Line 5
She
found
a
comfortable
cabin
and
fell
asleep.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Complete
noun
US /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We may as well make the picture complete.”
Found
noun
US /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We may as well make the picture complete.”
May
modal verb
US /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “"We may as well make the picture complete.”
Once
noun
US /once/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once in the ship she felt tired.”
Ship
noun
US /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once in the ship she felt tired.”
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We may as well make the picture complete.”
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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 "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
agreed
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From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
asleep
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From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
cabin
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From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
comfortable
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From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
curious
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From this reading "She's exceedingly curious."
Docchi
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From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
exceedingly
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From this reading "She's exceedingly curious."
fell
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From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
felt
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From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
guess
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From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
It's
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From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
Once
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From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
picture
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From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
She's
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From this reading "She's exceedingly curious."
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
tired
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From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
well
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From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.