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Saint Joan
Saint Joan

Chapter VII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/87 · 5 lines
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CHARLES.
Oh, your voices, your voices.
Why dont the voices come to me?
I am king, not you.
JOAN.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Saint Joan

Chapter VII

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

Line 1
CHARLES.
Line 2
Oh, your voices, your voices.
Line 3
Why dont the voices come to me?
Line 4
I am king, not you.
Line 5
JOAN.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why dont the voices come to me?”

All words in this reading · 16

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am king, not you.

CHARLES

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From this reading CHARLES.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why dont the voices come to me?

dont

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From this reading Why dont the voices come to me?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I am king, not you.

JOAN

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From this reading JOAN.

king

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From this reading I am king, not you.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Why dont the voices come to me?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I am king, not you.

Oh

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From this reading Oh, your voices, your voices.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Why dont the voices come to me?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Why dont the voices come to me?

voices

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From this reading Oh, your voices, your voices.

Why

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From this reading Why dont the voices come to me?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I am king, not you.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Oh, your voices, your voices.