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The Importance
The Importance

Chapter VI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/87 · 5 lines
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[Enter Algernon.]
CECILY.
Here is Ernest.
ALGERNON.
[Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Importance

Chapter VI

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
[Enter Algernon.]
Line 2
CECILY.
Line 3
Here is Ernest.
Line 4
ALGERNON.
Line 5
[Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

Learner Dictionary

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

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Here is Ernest.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “[Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “[Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “[Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!”

All words in this reading · 18

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Algernon

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From this reading [Enter Algernon.]

any

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

CECILY

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From this reading CECILY.

else

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

Enter

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From this reading [Enter Algernon.]

Ernest

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From this reading Here is Ernest.

Goes

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

HerenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Here is Ernest.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Here is Ernest.

love

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

noticing

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

own

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

straight

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From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading [Goes straight over to Cecily without noticing any one else.] My own love!