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Chapter XV

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It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.
She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.
There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:
1.
The Virgin Mary 2.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Christian Science

Chapter XV

Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.
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She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.
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There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:
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1.
Line 5
The Virgin Mary 2.

Learner Dictionary

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About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.”

All words in this reading · 42

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1

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From this reading 1.

2

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From this reading The Virgin Mary 2.

96

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

Autobiography

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

darkly

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

drop

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

finger

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

hard

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From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

isn't

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

locate

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From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

Mary

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From this reading The Virgin Mary 2.

much

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From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

page

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

paragraph

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Personages

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places

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procession

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put

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

quicksilver

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

seemingly

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

shifts

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From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

shining

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

significant

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

there

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From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

three

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From this reading There is a paragraph in the Autobiography (page 96) which places in seemingly darkly significant procession three Personages:

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading It is hard to locate her, she shifts about so much.

Virgin

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From this reading The Virgin Mary 2.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading She is a shining drop of quicksilver which you put your finger on and it isn't there.