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Chapter II

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Borden reached in.
Then he went completely and terribly white.
"He's got the star charts and the log!
He got in here somehow!"
This was the ultimate in disaster.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

White spot

Chapter II

Reading 1/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Borden reached in.
Line 2
Then he went completely and terribly white.
Line 3
"He's got the star charts and the log!
Line 4
He got in here somehow!"
Line 5
This was the ultimate in disaster.

Learner Dictionary

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

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He got in here somehow!"”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Then he went completely and terribly white.”

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 Then he went completely and terribly white.

Borden

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From this reading Borden reached in.

charts

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From this reading "He's got the star charts and the log!

completely

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From this reading Then he went completely and terribly white.

disaster

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From this reading This was the ultimate in disaster.

got

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From this reading "He's got the star charts and the log!

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Then he went completely and terribly white.

He's

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From this reading "He's got the star charts and the log!

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He got in here somehow!"

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Borden reached in.

log

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From this reading "He's got the star charts and the log!

reached

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From this reading Borden reached in.

somehow

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From this reading He got in here somehow!"

star

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From this reading "He's got the star charts and the log!

terribly

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From this reading Then he went completely and terribly white.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "He's got the star charts and the log!

Then

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From this reading Then he went completely and terribly white.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This was the ultimate in disaster.

ultimate

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From this reading This was the ultimate in disaster.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading This was the ultimate in disaster.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Then he went completely and terribly white.

white

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From this reading Then he went completely and terribly white.