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The Man Without a Memory
The Man Without a Memory

Chapter XIV

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Context Illustration Reading 1/51 · 5 lines
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ANNA HILDEN "Johann!
Johann!
Oh, my dearest!
Oh, thank God I have found you at last!
Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Man Without a Memory

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ANNA HILDEN "Johann!
Line 2
Johann!
Line 3
Oh, my dearest!
Line 4
Oh, thank God I have found you at last!
Line 5
Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

Learner Dictionary

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

Clung noun US /clung/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh, thank God I have found you at last!”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Oh, thank God I have found you at last!”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh, thank God I have found you at last!”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

ANNA

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From this reading ANNA HILDEN "Johann!

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

calling

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

child

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

clungnounUS /clung/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

coat

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

darling

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

dearest

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From this reading Oh, my dearest!

ecstatically

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

God

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From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

HILDEN

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From this reading ANNA HILDEN "Johann!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

Johann

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From this reading ANNA HILDEN "Johann!

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

lost

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Oh, my dearest!

Oh

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From this reading Oh, my dearest!

Papa

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

ran

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

raved

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

thank

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From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

up

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

woman

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From this reading Oh, my long lost darling!" raved the woman ecstatically, while her child ran up and clung to my coat, calling, "Papa!

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Oh, thank God I have found you at last!