Chapter XVIII
A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. Armado. Comfort me, my boy. What great men have been in love? Moth.
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Chapter XVIII
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A
CHANGE
IN
THE
WEATHER.
Armado.
Comfort
me,
my
boy.
What
great
men
have
been
in
love?
Moth.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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A
CHANGE
IN
THE
WEATHER.
Line 2
Armado.
Line 3
Comfort
me,
my
boy.
Line 4
What
great
men
have
been
in
love?
Line 5
Moth.
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 “What great men have been in love?”
Great
noun
US /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What great men have been in love?”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What great men have been in love?”
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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 A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
Armado
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From this reading Armado.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading What great men have been in love?
boy
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From this reading Comfort me, my boy.
CHANGE
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From this reading A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
Comfort
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What great men have been in love?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What great men have been in love?
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
love
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Comfort me, my boy.
men
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Moth
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From this reading Moth.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Comfort me, my boy.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
WEATHER
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From this reading A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What great men have been in love?