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Chapter VI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/84 · 5 lines
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PAMELA.
Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.
Oh, Gerald!
Poor, poor Bob!
GERALD.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

First Plays

Chapter VI

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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PAMELA.
Line 2
Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.
Line 3
Oh, Gerald!
Line 4
Poor, poor Bob!
Line 5
GERALD.

Learner Dictionary

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

Poor noun US /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Poor, poor Bob!”

All words in this reading · 13

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

Aunt

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From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

Bob

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From this reading Poor, poor Bob!

Gerald

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From this reading Oh, Gerald!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

Judith

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From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

Mother

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From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

Oh

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From this reading Oh, Gerald!

PAMELA

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From this reading PAMELA.

PoornounUS /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Poor, poor Bob!

staying

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From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Mother and I are staying with Aunt Judith.