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What Diantha Did
What Diantha Did

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/64 · 5 lines
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Duck!
Dive!
Here comes another one!
Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

What Diantha Did

Chapter III

Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Duck!
Line 2
Dive!
Line 3
Here comes another one!
Line 4
Wait till the crest-ruffles show!
Line 5
Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Here comes another one!”

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Here comes another one!”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Here comes another one!”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Wait till the crest-ruffles show!”

All words in this reading · 22

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Here comes another one!

beauty

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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

comes

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From this reading Here comes another one!

crest-ruffles

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From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!

Dive

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From this reading Dive!

Duck

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From this reading Duck!

HerenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Here comes another one!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

mouth

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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Here comes another one!

show

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From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!

Shut

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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

smooth

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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!

Wait

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From this reading Wait till the crest-ruffles show!

water

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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

wonder

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From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Beyond is smooth water in beauty and wonder-- Shut your mouth!