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Chapter XVIII

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With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
“Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
“He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
“No--now he's interested.
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Chapter XVIII

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Line 2
“Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
Line 3
Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
Line 4
“He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
Line 5
“No--now he's interested.

Learner Dictionary

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

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading ““He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.”

All words in this reading · 57

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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 With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

ape's

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

atop

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

banana

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

beast

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

biscuits

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

bits

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

branches

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

care

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

Christopher

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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

commandingly

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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

Court

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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

elaboration

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

Giuseppe

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

glacés

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

Gyascutis

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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

He's

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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

head

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

interested

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From this reading “No--now he's interested.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

Jimmy

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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

lower

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

lud

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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

marrons

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

mercy

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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

misunderstanding

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

monkey

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading “No--now he's interested.

now

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From this reading “No--now he's interested.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

oranges

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

organ

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

ornamented

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

Paradise

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

path

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

placed

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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

said

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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

Sir

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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

sugar-topped

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

throwing

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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

tree's

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

Unchain

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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.

very

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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.