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Wisdom while you wait
Wisdom while you wait

Chapter I

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BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
Guten Morgan!
Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
=PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.
=PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Wisdom while you wait

Chapter I

Reading 1/125 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
Line 2
Guten Morgan!
Line 3
Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
Line 4
=PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.
Line 5
=PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.

Learner Dictionary

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BEING auxiliary verb US /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?”

All words in this reading · 21

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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 BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

BEINGauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

BRITANNIAWARE

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From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

Competition

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From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.

defies

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From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.

FORETASTE

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From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

GLORIES

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From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

Guten

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From this reading Guten Morgan!

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?

INSIDECOMPLETUAR

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From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

knocks

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From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.

Leopard

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From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.

Morgan

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From this reading Guten Morgan!

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

off

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From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.

PIERPONT'S

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From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?

SOAP

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From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?

spots

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From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....

used

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From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?