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Moth and Rust

Chapter XI

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"C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
--MAETERLINCK.
Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Moth and Rust

Chapter XI

Reading 1/55 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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"C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
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--MAETERLINCK.
Line 3
Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
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Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
Line 5
No change.

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”

Equally noun US /ˈequally/

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

From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”

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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 Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

bottle

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

C'est

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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."

change

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From this reading No change.

child

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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

colourless

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

equallynounUS /ˈequally/

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

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

fixe

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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."

fluid

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

ignorance

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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."

imagined

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

ink

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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

intentness

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

made

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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

MAETERLINCK

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From this reading --MAETERLINCK.

malheur

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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."

mixing

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No change.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

pure

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

qui

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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."

see

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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?

son

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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

watch

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

water

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

wondering

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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?