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Captain Jim
Captain Jim

Chapter I

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“Queer, isn’t it?”
Jim said.
“Rather!” said Wally.
They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.
Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Captain Jim

Chapter I

Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Queer, isn’t it?”
Line 2
Jim said.
Line 3
“Rather!” said Wally.
Line 4
They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.
Line 5
Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.”

Different noun US /ˈdifferent/

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

From this reading “Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.”

All words in this reading · 46

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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

away

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

buses

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

chairs

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From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

Corner

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/

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

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

directions

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

far

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

fled

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

glancing

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

green

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From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

halting

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

hooting

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

Hyde

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From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

isn't

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From this reading “Queer, isn’t it?”

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “Queer, isn’t it?”

Jim

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From this reading Jim said.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

meeting

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

motor

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

NotadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

off

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

Park

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From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

Piccadilly

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

Queer

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From this reading “Queer, isn’t it?”

Rather

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From this reading “Rather!” said Wally.

red

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

rocking

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

said

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From this reading Jim said.

see

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

sitting

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From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

swirled

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

then

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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

From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

traffic

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From this reading Not far off swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park Corner, they could see the great red motor-’buses, meeting, halting, and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.

Wally

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From this reading “Rather!” said Wally.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park.