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Alone

Chapter V

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Context Illustration Reading 1/83 · 5 lines
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"We are all wearing them, this season."
"So I perceive.
How do you get into them?"
"Very slowly."
"Are they elastic?"
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Alone

Chapter V

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

Line 1
"We are all wearing them, this season."
Line 2
"So I perceive.
Line 3
How do you get into them?"
Line 4
"Very slowly."
Line 5
"Are they elastic?"
All words in this reading · 19

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all

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From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading How do you get into them?"

elastic

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From this reading "Are they elastic?"

get

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From this reading How do you get into them?"

How

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From this reading How do you get into them?"

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "So I perceive.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading How do you get into them?"

perceive

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From this reading "So I perceive.

season

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From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

slowly

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From this reading "Very slowly."

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "So I perceive.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Are they elastic?"

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

Very

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From this reading "Very slowly."

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

wearing

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From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading How do you get into them?"