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Comrade Yetta
Comrade Yetta

Chapter VIII

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NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
"Yes.
I'll have to keep an eye on her.
She may be a valuable recruit."
Longman laughed.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Comrade Yetta

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
Line 2
"Yes.
Line 3
I'll have to keep an eye on her.
Line 4
She may be a valuable recruit."
Line 5
Longman laughed.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I'll have to keep an eye on her.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “She may be a valuable recruit."”

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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 She may be a valuable recruit."

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

away

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."

door

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

eye

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From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

FRIENDS

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

girl

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

I'll

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From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

Interesting

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

keep

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From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

laughed

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From this reading Longman laughed.

Longman

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."

Miss

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

NEW

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

recruit

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From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."

said

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.

Train

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

turned

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.

valuable

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From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."

Yes

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From this reading "Yes.

Yetta's

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From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.