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Chapter II

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Context Illustration Reading 1/73 · 5 lines
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"Hey, Darius.
A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
McLeod smiled.
"Won't Cripp be along soon?"
"Search me."
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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 II

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Hey, Darius.
Line 2
A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
Line 3
McLeod smiled.
Line 4
"Won't Cripp be along soon?"
Line 5
"Search me."

Learner Dictionary

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

Along preposition US /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “"Won't Cripp be along soon?"”

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Won't Cripp be along soon?"”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”

All words in this reading · 22

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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 A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"

Cripp

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From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"

Darius

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From this reading "Hey, Darius.

day

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From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

gets

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From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

girl

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From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

Hey

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From this reading "Hey, Darius.

hungry

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From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

lunch

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From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

McLeod

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From this reading McLeod smiled.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Search me."

Search

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From this reading "Search me."

smiled

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From this reading McLeod smiled.

soon

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From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."

Won't

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From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"