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The Seafarers
The Seafarers

Chapter I

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A Bitter Heritage.
Fortune's My Foe.
The Scourge of God.
Across the Salt Seas.
The Clash of Arms.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Seafarers

Chapter I

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A Bitter Heritage.
Line 2
Fortune's My Foe.
Line 3
The Scourge of God.
Line 4
Across the Salt Seas.
Line 5
The Clash of Arms.

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “Across the Salt Seas.”

Clash noun US /klæʃ/

A violent confrontation or disagreement between opposing forces or factions.

From this reading “The Clash of Arms.”

All words in this reading · 15

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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 A Bitter Heritage.

AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Across the Salt Seas.

Arms

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From this reading The Clash of Arms.

Bitter

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From this reading A Bitter Heritage.

ClashnounUS /klæʃ/

A violent confrontation or disagreement between opposing forces or factions.

From this reading The Clash of Arms.

Foe

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From this reading Fortune's My Foe.

Fortune's

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From this reading Fortune's My Foe.

God

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From this reading The Scourge of God.

Heritage

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From this reading A Bitter Heritage.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Fortune's My Foe.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Scourge of God.

Salt

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From this reading Across the Salt Seas.

Scourge

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From this reading The Scourge of God.

Seas

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From this reading Across the Salt Seas.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Scourge of God.