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Forever We Die!
Forever We Die!

Chapter VII

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Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.
The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.
Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.
For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.
For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Forever We Die!

Chapter VII

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.
Line 2
The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.
Line 3
Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.
Line 4
For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.
Line 5
For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.”

Question noun US /ˈquestion/

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

From this reading “For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.”

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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 Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

agitators

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From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

angrily

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From this reading Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

beauty

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From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

benches

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

central

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chairs

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

College

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

desk

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

enough

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From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.

five

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From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.

function

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From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

furnished

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

furnishings

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From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

Gawroi

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From this reading Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.

Gawroi's

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

home-style

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

Kedak

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From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

Kedaki

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

low

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

mat

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

muddle-brained

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From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

office

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

popular

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From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

questionnounUS /ˈquestion/

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

From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

rather

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From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

simple

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From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.

thousand

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From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.

Typical

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From this reading Typical, thought Gawroi angrily.

value

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From this reading For five thousand years no muddle-brained agitators question the value of home-style, its beauty or its function.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading The home-style furnishings, in their simple beauty, were not popular here on Kedak.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Gawroi's office at Kedaki College was furnished home-style with low benches and a central mat rather than chairs and a desk.

years

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From this reading For five thousand years home-style is good enough for the Kedaki.