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Vera

Chapter III

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CZARE.
Father! have mercy on the people.
Give them what they ask.
PRINCE PAUL.
And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Vera

Chapter III

Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CZARE.
Line 2
Father! have mercy on the people.
Line 3
Give them what they ask.
Line 4
PRINCE PAUL.
Line 5
And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Father! have mercy on the people.”

All words in this reading · 26

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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 And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

ask

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From this reading Give them what they ask.

begin

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From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

CZARE

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From this reading CZARE.

Father

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From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

Give

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From this reading Give them what they ask.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.

head

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From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

liking

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From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

mercy

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From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.

own

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From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

particular

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From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

PAUL

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From this reading PRINCE PAUL.

people

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From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.

PRINCE

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From this reading PRINCE PAUL.

Sire

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From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Give them what they ask.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Give them what they ask.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Give them what they ask.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.