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Eve: A Novel
Eve: A Novel

Chapter I

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AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.
THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Eve: A Novel

Chapter I

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.
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THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

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 “—Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “—Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “—Superscript letters have been rendered as a^b and a^{bc}.”

JOHN noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.”

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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 —Superscript letters have been rendered as a^b and a^{bc}.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.

ascended

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

AUTHOR

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

b

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bc

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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

beautiful

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.

Bold

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From this reading —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

corrected

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errors

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ETC

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

far

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading —Superscript letters have been rendered as a^b and a^{bc}.

HERRING

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

JOHN

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

letters

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MEHALAH

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

Morwell

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

most

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

Obvious

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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

picturesque

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

points

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

print

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punctuation

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RED

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

rendered

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river

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

SPIDER

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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC.

steamers

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

Superscript

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Tamar

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From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

text

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE river Tamar can be ascended by steamers as far as Morwell, one of the most picturesque points on that most beautiful river.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

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