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Brother Billy
Brother Billy

Chapter V

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Context Illustration Reading 1/31 · 5 lines
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ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
"I tole you dog story, hey?
How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
That was a bad trick, Beely.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Brother Billy

Chapter V

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
Line 2
No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
Line 3
"I tole you dog story, hey?
Line 4
How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
Line 5
That was a bad trick, Beely.

Learner Dictionary

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

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?”

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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 ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

ANTOINE

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From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

Aunt

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

bad

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From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.

bear

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From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

Beely

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From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

big

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From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.

dog

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From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?

Florence

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

friend

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From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.

heard

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

hey

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From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?

How

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From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?

I'm

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

LEBRINN

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From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

old

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From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.

remark

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

scare

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

story

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From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

TellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

tole

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From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?

too

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From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.

trick

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From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?