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Anna St. Ives
Anna St. Ives

Chapter IX

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_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
The pearl of pearls!
The inestimable jewel!
The unique!
The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Anna St. Ives

Chapter IX

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
Line 2
The pearl of pearls!
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The inestimable jewel!
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The unique!
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The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

Learner Dictionary

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

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!”

Pearl noun US /pɜːrl/

a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel

From this reading “The pearl of pearls!”

All words in this reading · 28

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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 The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

Clifton

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

Coke

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

contains

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From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

de

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

Fairfax

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

Guy

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

Hotel

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

inestimable

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From this reading The inestimable jewel!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

jewel

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From this reading The inestimable jewel!

l'Université

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The pearl of pearls!

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

Paris

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From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

pearlnounUS /pɜːrl/

a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel

From this reading The pearl of pearls!

pearls

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From this reading The pearl of pearls!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The pearl of pearls!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!

unique

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From this reading The unique!

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

woman

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From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!

world

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From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!