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Chapter IV

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Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.
"What's the matter?" she asked.
"We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."
"Oh.
One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Legacy

Chapter IV

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

Line 1
Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.
Line 2
"What's the matter?" she asked.
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"We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."
Line 4
"Oh.
Line 5
One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.”

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"What's the matter?" she asked.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.”

Remember verb US /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading “"We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.”

Surprised noun US /surprised/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.”

All words in this reading · 55

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112

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From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

113

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

apparently

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

armchair

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "What's the matter?" she asked.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Commissioner

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

eyebrows

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

happen

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

Harvest

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Holati

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

how

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Junior

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From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

just

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

Mantelish

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

matter

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From this reading "What's the matter?" she asked.

mentioned

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From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

Moon

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

off

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Oh

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From this reading "Oh.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

out

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

particular

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

plasmoids

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

Professor

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Project

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From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

said

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

sat

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Scientists

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From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "What's the matter?" she asked.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

staring

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

surprisednounUS /surprised/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

Tate

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "What's the matter?" she asked.

thousands

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

unit

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From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.

up

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From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

We're

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

What's

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From this reading "What's the matter?" she asked.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Commissioner Tate and Professor Mantelish, who sat in an armchair off to her right, were staring at her, eyebrows up, apparently surprised about something.

wondering

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From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "We're just wondering," said Holati, "how you happen to remember 113, in particular, out of the thousands of plasmoids on Harvest Moon."

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading One of the Junior Scientists on your Project mentioned the 112-113 unit.