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Chapter XI

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DINAH (loudly as she comes in).
Have you found it?
BRIAN.
Found what?
DINAH (in her ordinary voice).
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Second Plays

Chapter XI

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
DINAH (loudly as she comes in).
Line 2
Have you found it?
/hæv juː found ɪt/
Line 3
BRIAN.
Line 4
Found what?
/found wʌt/
Line 5
DINAH (in her ordinary voice).

Learner Dictionary

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

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Have you found it?”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Have you found it?”

All words in this reading · 15

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asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading DINAH (loudly as she comes in).

BRIAN

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From this reading BRIAN.

comes

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From this reading DINAH (loudly as she comes in).

DINAH

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From this reading DINAH (loudly as she comes in).

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Have you found it?

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Have you found it?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading DINAH (in her ordinary voice).

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading DINAH (loudly as she comes in).

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Have you found it?

loudly

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From this reading DINAH (loudly as she comes in).

ordinary

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From this reading DINAH (in her ordinary voice).

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading DINAH (loudly as she comes in).

voice

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From this reading DINAH (in her ordinary voice).

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Found what?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Have you found it?