Chapter XXVII
"I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said. "It isn't me. The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre. But the beastly medicals got it stopped .
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Chapter XXVII
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"I
wish
you
wouldn't
say
'you,'"
the
dark
man
said.
"It
isn't
me.
The
only
A.C.I.
I've
drafted
was
to
give
every
Command
Depôt
a
cinema
and
a
theatre.
But
the
beastly
medicals
got
it
stopped .
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"I
wish
you
wouldn't
say
'you,'"
the
dark
man
said.
Line 2
"It
isn't
me.
Line 3
The
only
A.C.I.
I've
drafted
was
to
give
every
Command
Depôt
a
cinema
and
a
theatre.
Line 4
But
the
beastly
medicals
got
it
stopped .
Line 5
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Every
determiner
US /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.”
Stopped
noun
US /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the beastly medicals got it stopped .”
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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 The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
beastly
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From this reading But the beastly medicals got it stopped .
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the beastly medicals got it stopped .
C
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cinema
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Command
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dark
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From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
Depôt
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drafted
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everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
give
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got
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
I've
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From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
isn't
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From this reading "It isn't me.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It isn't me.
man
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From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It isn't me.
medicals
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From this reading But the beastly medicals got it stopped .
only
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From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
said
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From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
say
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From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the beastly medicals got it stopped .
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
theatre
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From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The only A.C.I. I've drafted was to give every Command Depôt a cinema and a theatre.
wish
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From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
wouldn't
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From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't say 'you,'" the dark man said.