Chapter VI
AMERICAN. White as a banana. [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus. OFFICIAL. Lass die Frau!
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Chapter VI
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AMERICAN.
White
as
a
banana.
[To
the
OFFICIAL--affably]
Guess
you've
made
kind
of
a
fool
of
us
with
your
old
typhus.
OFFICIAL.
Lass
die
Frau!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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AMERICAN.
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White
as
a
banana.
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[To
the
OFFICIAL--affably]
Guess
you've
made
kind
of
a
fool
of
us
with
your
old
typhus.
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OFFICIAL.
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Lass
die
Frau!
Learner Dictionary
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Fool
noun
US /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.”
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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 White as a banana.
affably
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
AMERICAN
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From this reading AMERICAN.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading White as a banana.
banana
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From this reading White as a banana.
die
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From this reading Lass die Frau!
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
Frau
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From this reading Lass die Frau!
Guess
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
kind
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
Lass
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From this reading Lass die Frau!
made
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
OFFICIAL
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
old
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
typhus
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
White
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From this reading White as a banana.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
you've
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From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [To the OFFICIAL--affably] Guess you've made kind of a fool of us with your old typhus.