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Millennium

Chapter IV

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Context Illustration Reading 1/87 · 5 lines
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"So, it's perfect.
We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.
And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."
Meinora looked around with a grin.
"Look, call Barskor.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Millennium

Chapter IV

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"So, it's perfect.
Line 2
We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.
Line 3
And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."
Line 4
Meinora looked around with a grin.
Line 5
"Look, call Barskor.

Learner Dictionary

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

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “Meinora looked around with a grin.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Look, call Barskor.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Meinora looked around with a grin.”

All words in this reading · 33

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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 Meinora looked around with a grin.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

apparent

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

area

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Meinora looked around with a grin.

Barskor

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From this reading "Look, call Barskor.

call

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From this reading "Look, call Barskor.

equipment

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

get

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

grin

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From this reading Meinora looked around with a grin.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

it's

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From this reading "So, it's perfect.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

legitimacy

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

LooknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Look, call Barskor.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Meinora looked around with a grin.

Meinora

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From this reading Meinora looked around with a grin.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

perfect

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From this reading "So, it's perfect.

process

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

public

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

reorienting

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

result

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

set

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "So, it's perfect.

social

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

strains

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

that'll

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

up

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From this reading And in the process, we'll set up social strains that'll result in this area reorienting itself."

We'll

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From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading We'll get this set of equipment in public, and with apparent legitimacy.