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Evelyn Byrd
Evelyn Byrd

Chapter I

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AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.
Published May, 1904.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
_THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Evelyn Byrd

Chapter I

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AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.
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Published May, 1904.
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Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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_THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

Learner Dictionary

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

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Published May, 1904.”

RUNNING noun US /ˈrunning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.”

Third noun US /third/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.”

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1904

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From this reading Published May, 1904.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

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AUTHOR

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Berwick

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book

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From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

CAROLINA

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

CAVALIER

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Co

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corrected

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Cushing

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From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

DOROTHY

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

errors

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ETC

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

J

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lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

Mass

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MASTER

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Published May, 1904.

Norwood

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From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

Obvious

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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

Press

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print

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Published

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From this reading Published May, 1904.

punctuation

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RIVER

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

romances

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From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

RUNNINGnounUS /ˈrunning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

S

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Smith

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From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

SOUTH

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

thirdnounUS /third/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

THISdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

trilogy

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From this reading _THIS book is the third and last of a trilogy of romances.

U

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From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

WARLOCK

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A CAROLINA CAVALIER,” “DOROTHY SOUTH,” “THE MASTER OF WARLOCK,” “RUNNING THE RIVER,” ETC., ETC.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

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