Words / B1

ly-BRAIRR-ee-uh-n/laɪˈbreəriən/

A librarian works in a library, organising books and helping readers. Library is the place (already in the dictionary). Library assistant may be a more junior title. Short loan: ask the librarian for reading-list copies.

Meaning

A person who works in a library, organising books and helping readers.

Examples

• “Ask the librarian for the reading-list copies on short loan.”
• “The school librarian ran the catch-up reading club after Ofsted.”

Good to know

a librarian. Place: a library. Junior: library assistant. Mix-up: libertarian (politics, not B1). Campus / school libraries.

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