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The Circular Study

Chapter XIX

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DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
She alone seems ignorant of it.
Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Circular Study

Chapter XIX

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

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DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
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My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
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She alone seems ignorant of it.
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Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
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I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.

Learner Dictionary

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

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She alone seems ignorant of it.”

Beginning noun US /ˈbeginning/

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

From this reading “My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.”

Ignorant noun US /ˈignorant/

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

From this reading “She alone seems ignorant of it.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.”

Sometimes noun US /sometimes/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.”

All words in this reading · 46

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afraid

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From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.

alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/

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

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

conventional

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

dances

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

DEAR

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

fail

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

FELIX

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

games

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

generally

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

girl

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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

ignorantnounUS /ˈignorant/

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

From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.

impassibility

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

innocence

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

interest

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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.

love

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From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.

more

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.

nonsense

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

publicly

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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

recognized

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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

Rides

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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.

scheme

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

seems

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From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.

Sometimes

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

wonder

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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.

young

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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.