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The Traitors

Chapter XXXVII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/54 · 5 lines
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"Baron Domiloff!
It is I, Marie of Reist.
Let me in."
She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.
Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Traitors

Chapter XXXVII

Reading 1/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Baron Domiloff!
Line 2
It is I, Marie of Reist.
Line 3
Let me in."
/let miː ɪn/
Line 4
She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.
Line 5
Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

Learner Dictionary

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

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Let me in."”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

Baron

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From this reading "Baron Domiloff!

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

closed

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From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

darkened

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From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

Domiloff

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From this reading "Baron Domiloff!

door

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From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

faced

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading It is I, Marie of Reist.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Let me in."

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading It is I, Marie of Reist.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is I, Marie of Reist.

key

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Let me in."

lock

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

looking

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

Marie

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From this reading It is I, Marie of Reist.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Let me in."

nervously

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It is I, Marie of Reist.

Reist

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From this reading It is I, Marie of Reist.

room

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From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

scared

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

stepped

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From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading She stepped into the darkened room, and closed the door behind her.

turned

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

white

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From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Domiloff, who was looking white and scared, turned the key in the lock and faced her nervously.