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Six Short Plays

Chapter X

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FORESON.
[Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?
VANE.
Beginners.
Take your curtain down.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Six Short Plays

Chapter X

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
FORESON.
Line 2
[Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?
Line 3
VANE.
Line 4
Beginners.
Line 5
Take your curtain down.

Learner Dictionary

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

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “[Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Take your curtain down.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “[Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?”

All words in this reading · 11

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Appearing

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From this reading [Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?

Beginners

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From this reading Beginners.

curtain

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From this reading [Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?

down

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From this reading Take your curtain down.

FORESON

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From this reading FORESON.

RightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading [Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?

Sir

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From this reading [Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?

TakenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Take your curtain down.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading [Appearing through curtain, Right] Sir?

VANE

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From this reading VANE.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Take your curtain down.