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Apache devil

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/80 · 5 lines
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“Very good!
Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.
Ask him who he is and what he wants.”
Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.
“Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Apache devil

Chapter III

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Very good!
Line 2
Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.
Line 3
Ask him who he is and what he wants.”
Line 4
Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.
Line 5
“Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

Learner Dictionary

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

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Very good!”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.”

All words in this reading · 31

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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading “Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

Ask

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From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

Crawford

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From this reading Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.

Crook's

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From this reading Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.

Geronimo

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From this reading “Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Very good!

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

interpret

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From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

message

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From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

Nan-tan-des-la-par-en

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From this reading “Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.

say

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From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

Shoz-Dijiji

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From this reading Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.

son

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From this reading “Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

TellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “Tell Nan-tan-des-la-par-en that I am Shoz-Dijiji, the son of Geronimo.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.

Very

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From this reading “Very good!

wants

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From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Ask him who he is and what he wants.”

words

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From this reading Crawford repeated Crook’s words to Shoz-Dijiji.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Tell him that I say you are to interpret his message.