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Chapter XV

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Context Illustration Reading 1/84 · 5 lines
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"Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"
It was Lyad's voice.
Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.
"She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.
"Is Pilli dead?"
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XV

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

Line 1
"Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"
Line 2
It was Lyad's voice.
Line 3
Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.
Line 4
"She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.
Line 5
"Is Pilli dead?"

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.”

Dead noun US /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Is Pilli dead?"”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.”

Standing noun US /ˈstanding/

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

From this reading “Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.”

Yourself pronoun US /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading “"Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"”

All words in this reading · 40

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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 Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

amusing

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From this reading "Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"

appeared

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From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

away

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

blandly

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From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

deadnounUS /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Is Pilli dead?"

door

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

explained

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From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

FirstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

folded

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

half-opened

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

hanging

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "Is Pilli dead?"

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was Lyad's voice.

Lady

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From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

Lyad's

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From this reading It was Lyad's voice.

Pilli

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From this reading "Is Pilli dead?"

room

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

saw

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

shock

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From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

small

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

standingnounUS /ˈstanding/

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

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

Stop

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From this reading "Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

then

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "She appeared to be in shock, First Lady," Virod explained blandly.

Trigger

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

Virod

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From this reading "Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"

voice

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From this reading It was Lyad's voice.

wall

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From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading It was Lyad's voice.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Trigger saw her then, standing in a small half-opened door across the room, where a wall hanging had been folded away.

yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading "Stop amusing yourself, Virod!"