Chapter IV
“You see ’im now!” he cried. “You see what he was atter! He’d better have gone over the mountain. Lord, yes! Lots better.”
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“You
see
’im
now!”
he
cried.
“You
see
what
he
was
atter!
He’d
better
have
gone
over
the
mountain.
Lord,
yes!
Lots
better.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Balaam and His Master, and Other Sketches and Stories
Chapter IV
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
“You
see
’im
now!”
he
cried.
Line 2
“You
see
what
he
was
atter!
Line 3
He’d
better
have
gone
over
the
mountain.
Line 4
Lord,
yes!
Line 5
Lots
better.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You see ’im now!” he cried.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He’d better have gone over the mountain.”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “He’d better have gone over the mountain.”
All words in this reading · 19
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atter
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better
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criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You see ’im now!” he cried.
gone
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From this reading He’d better have gone over the mountain.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He’d better have gone over the mountain.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You see ’im now!” he cried.
He'd
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im
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Lord
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Lots
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mountain
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now
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From this reading “You see ’im now!” he cried.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He’d better have gone over the mountain.
see
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From this reading “You see ’im now!” he cried.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He’d better have gone over the mountain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You see what he was atter!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “You see what he was atter!
yes
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From this reading Lord, yes!
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You see ’im now!” he cried.