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Familiar Letters — Volume 06
Familiar Letters — Volume 06

Chapter I

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Context Illustration Reading 1/74 · 5 lines
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Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.
Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".
Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".
Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Familiar Letters — Volume 06

Chapter I

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
Line 2
Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.
Line 3
Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".
Line 4
Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".
Line 5
Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".
All words in this reading · 32

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3

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From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

5

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

54

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From this reading Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

Bold

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From this reading Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.

buried

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From this reading Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

denoted

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From this reading Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

equal

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From this reading Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.

Footnote

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From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

Helier

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From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

Helier's

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From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".

Italic

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From this reading Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

like

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From this reading Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".

liked

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From this reading Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".

Moved

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like".

Page

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

Pinckney

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

Pinkney

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

possibly

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

signs

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From this reading Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.

St

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From this reading Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier".

text

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toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

typo

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From this reading Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney".

underscores

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From this reading Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.