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Airship Andy
Airship Andy

Chapter XII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/34 · 5 lines
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“Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
“Foh goodness sake, sah!
Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Airship Andy

Chapter XII

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
Line 2
“Foh goodness sake, sah!
Line 3
Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
Line 4
Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
Line 5
They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Yo want to break dat arm ober again?””

Camp noun US /camp/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.”

Center noun US /ˈsɛn.tər/

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading “They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.”

All words in this reading · 40

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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 Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

aeronaut

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

arm

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From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”

Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”

break

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From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

camp

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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

careful

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From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”

centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

cook

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

dat

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From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”

Foh

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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

frantic

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

goodness

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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!

grouped

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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

inventor

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

made

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

Morse

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

Mr

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From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”

ober

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occupied

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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

Parks

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From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”

rush

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

sah

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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!

sake

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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!

Scipio

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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

space

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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”

together

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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

want

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From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.

Yo

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From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”