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Chapter VIII

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Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.
Manuel and Roberto left the station together.
“Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.
“Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”
“Where?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Weeds

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.
Line 2
Manuel and Roberto left the station together.
Line 3
“Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.
Line 4
“Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”
Line 5
“Where?
/wer/

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.”

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.”

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Manuel and Roberto left the station together.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?””

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?””

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?””

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading ““Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.”

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againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

all

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From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

begin

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From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

don't

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From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

go

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From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

going

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From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

Gómez's

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From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

Jacob

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From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

Jesús

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From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Manuel and Roberto left the station together.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

Manuel

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From this reading Manuel and Roberto left the station together.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

old

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From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

once

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From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

Roberto

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From this reading Manuel and Roberto left the station together.

Sandoval

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From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

station

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From this reading Manuel and Roberto left the station together.

Sánchez

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From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Manuel and Roberto left the station together.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

Toads

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From this reading Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús.

together

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From this reading Manuel and Roberto left the station together.

up

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From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading “Where?

Why

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From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

work

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From this reading “Why don’t you make up your mind once and for all to go to work?”

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Are you going to begin your old life all over again?” asked Roberto.