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Within the Precincts
Within the Precincts

Chapter XXIX

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---- XXXIV.
A Crisis 31 ---- XXXV.
Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.
Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.
Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Within the Precincts

Chapter XXIX

Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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---- XXXIV.
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A Crisis 31 ---- XXXV.
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Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.
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Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.
Line 5
Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.

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 “Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.”

Duty noun US /ˈduːti/

a responsibility that must be carried out

From this reading “Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.”

All words in this reading · 22

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31

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From this reading A Crisis 31 ---- XXXV.

50

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From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

73

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From this reading Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.

91

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From this reading Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Crisis 31 ---- XXXV.

according

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From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

AnothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.

Artist

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From this reading Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.

Chance

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From this reading Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.

Crisis

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From this reading A Crisis 31 ---- XXXV.

Despard

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From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

DutynounUS /ˈduːti/

a responsibility that must be carried out

From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

Family

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From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

Finer

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From this reading Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.

Mrs

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From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

XXXIV

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From this reading ---- XXXIV.

XXXV

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From this reading A Crisis 31 ---- XXXV.

XXXVI

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From this reading Family Duty: according to Mrs. Despard 50 ---- XXXVI.

XXXVII

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From this reading Family Duty: by a Finer Artist 73 ---- XXXVII.

XXXVIII

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From this reading Another Chance 91 ---- XXXVIII.