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The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire Novel
The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire Novel

Chapter VIII

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"That's your option, as Team-Leader.
Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.
So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."
"We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.
"Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.
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The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire Novel

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"That's your option, as Team-Leader.
Line 2
Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.
Line 3
So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."
Line 4
"We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.
Line 5
"Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “"We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “"Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “"Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.”

All words in this reading · 62

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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 Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

also

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading "That's your option, as Team-Leader.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

Azrael

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

bit

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From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

Brothers

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

Chang

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

choice

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From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

Cortin

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From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

discovered

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

disturbed

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From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

gain

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

helpful

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

I'm

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From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

I've

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

Inquisitor

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

it'll

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

Leaving

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

Lieutenant

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

list

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

longer

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

notoriety

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

option

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From this reading "That's your option, as Team-Leader.

Personal

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

reputation

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

said

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From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

talk

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From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

targets

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

team

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

Team-Leader

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From this reading "That's your option, as Team-Leader.

Team-Leaders

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From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

That's

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From this reading "That's your option, as Team-Leader.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

then

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From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

times

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading So I'm leaving the choice, as I said, to the Team-Leaders."

token

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

top

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

useful

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From this reading "Personal notoriety for Inquisitor Azrael will be useful--but I've discovered I'm no longer one of the Brothers' targets, though Lieutenant Chang is at the top of their list.

way

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From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

We'll

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From this reading "We'll talk about it, then," Cortin said, a bit disturbed.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Leaving a token that way will gain your team a reputation, which can be helpful at times--but it'll also make you targets.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "That's your option, as Team-Leader.