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Some builders

Chapter XIX

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Context Illustration Reading 1/48 · 5 lines
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RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."
"Do you think he will?"
"Sure to.
It's a most splendid appointment."
It was a year later.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Some builders

Chapter XIX

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."
Line 2
"Do you think he will?"
/duː juː think hiː wɪl/
Line 3
"Sure to.
/sure tuː/
Line 4
It's a most splendid appointment."
Line 5
It was a year later.

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 “RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."”

Sure noun US /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Sure to.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Do you think he will?"”

All words in this reading · 20

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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 It's a most splendid appointment."

appointment

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From this reading It's a most splendid appointment."

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Do you think he will?"

HEpronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."

home

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From this reading RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a year later.

It's

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From this reading It's a most splendid appointment."

later

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From this reading It was a year later.

most

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From this reading It's a most splendid appointment."

RANDOLPH'S

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From this reading RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."

RETURN

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From this reading RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."

splendid

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From this reading It's a most splendid appointment."

SurenounUS /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Sure to.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Do you think he will?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "Sure to.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was a year later.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading RANDOLPH'S RETURN "HE will come home."

year

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From this reading It was a year later.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Do you think he will?"