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Lion Loose

Chapter II

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Context Illustration Reading 1/81 · 5 lines
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Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.
Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.
"Good luck, guy," she said.
"Anything else to settle before you start off?"
Quillan nodded.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Lion Loose

Chapter II

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.
Line 2
Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.
Line 3
"Good luck, guy," she said.
Line 4
"Anything else to settle before you start off?"
Line 5
Quillan nodded.

Learner Dictionary

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

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “"Anything else to settle before you start off?"”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “"Anything else to settle before you start off?"”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Good luck, guy," she said.”

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.”

Nodded noun US /nodded/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Quillan nodded.”

Start noun US /start/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Anything else to settle before you start off?"”

All words in this reading · 29

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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 Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

AnythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"

arrangements

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From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"

dubiously

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From this reading Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.

else

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From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"

few

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From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Good luck, guy," she said.

guy

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From this reading "Good luck, guy," she said.

Heraga

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From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

later

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From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.

luck

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From this reading "Good luck, guy," she said.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

minutes

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From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

noddednounUS /nodded/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Quillan nodded.

off

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From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"

Quillan

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From this reading Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.

Reetal

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From this reading Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.

said

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From this reading "Good luck, guy," she said.

settle

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From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading "Good luck, guy," she said.

smiled

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From this reading Reetal smiled at Quillan, a little dubiously.

startnounUS /start/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Heraga left a few minutes later to make his arrangements.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Anything else to settle before you start off?"