Chapter XII
FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie." "Yes, dad." "Sit down, girlie." "Let me kneel, here. There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
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Chapter XII
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FATHER
AND
CHILD--THE
OLD
STORY
"Come
here,
Tessie."
"Yes,
dad."
"Sit
down,
girlie."
"Let
me
kneel,
here.
There,
like
that,
then
you
can't
be
very
cross,
I
know.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
FATHER
AND
CHILD--THE
OLD
STORY
"Come
here,
Tessie."
Line 2
"Yes,
dad."
Line 3
"Sit
down,
girlie."
Line 4
"Let
me
kneel,
here.
Line 5
There,
like
that,
then
you
can't
be
very
cross,
I
know.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Let me kneel, here.”
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ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
can't
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From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
CHILD
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From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
cross
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From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
dad
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From this reading "Yes, dad."
down
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From this reading "Sit down, girlie."
FATHER
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From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
girlie
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From this reading "Sit down, girlie."
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
kneel
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From this reading "Let me kneel, here.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me kneel, here.
like
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From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me kneel, here.
OLD
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From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
Sit
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From this reading "Sit down, girlie."
STORY
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From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
Tessie
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From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FATHER AND CHILD--THE OLD STORY "Come here, Tessie."
then
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From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
There
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From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
very
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From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, dad."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There, like that, then you can't be very cross, I know.