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Billy Whiskers at Home
Billy Whiskers at Home

Chapter I

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AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.
MADE IN U. S. A.
The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!
Tell us something more!”
Why did the king look so different?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Billy Whiskers at Home

Chapter I

Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.
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MADE IN U. S. A.
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The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!
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Tell us something more!”
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Why did the king look so different?

Learner Dictionary

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

Below preposition US /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading “The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!”

Cried noun US /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!”

Different noun US /ˈdifferent/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Why did the king look so different?”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why did the king look so different?”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!”

WONDERFUL noun US /ˈwonderful/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.”

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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 MADE IN U. S. A.

ADVENTURES

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

animals

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From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

AUTHOR

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

BILLY

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

criednounUS /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

crowd

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From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Why did the king look so different?

differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Why did the king look so different?

ELECTRIC

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

ELEPHANT

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

ETC

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

FUN

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.

KIDS

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

king

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From this reading Why did the king look so different?

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why did the king look so different?

MADE

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From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.

more

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From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

OUT

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

S

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From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Why did the king look so different?

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

TellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

U

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From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The crowd of animals below cried, “Tell us something more!

WHISKERS

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.

Why

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From this reading Why did the king look so different?

WONDERFULnounUS /ˈwonderful/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading AUTHOR OF “BILLY WHISKERS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ KIDS,” “BILLY WHISKERS’ ADVENTURES,” “BILLY WHISKERS OUT FOR FUN,” “THE WONDERFUL ELECTRIC ELEPHANT,” ETC.