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Familiar Letters — Volume 06
Familiar Letters — Volume 06

Chapter XVII

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Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.
D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.
Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.
De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.
Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.
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Familiar Letters — Volume 06

Chapter XVII

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.
Line 2
D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.
Line 3
Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.
Line 4
De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.
Line 5
Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

Learner Dictionary

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

Body noun US /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.”

Dead noun US /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.”

All words in this reading · 37

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107

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From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

108

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From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

121

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

122

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

149

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From this reading De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.

180

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

181

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

2

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From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

3

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From this reading De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.

38

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

4

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From this reading D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.

40

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

469

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From this reading D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.

6

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

7

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From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

92

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

93

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.

bodynounUS /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

Bry's

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From this reading De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.

chickadee-dees

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From this reading D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.

Collectio

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From this reading De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.

D

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From this reading D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.

Day-dreams

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From this reading Day-dreams, =6=, 38-40, 92, 93, 121, 122, 180, 181.

De

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From this reading De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.

DeadnounUS /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

Debt

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From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

getting

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From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

out

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From this reading Debt, getting in and out of, =2=, 7.

Peregrinationum

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From this reading De Bry's _Collectio Peregrinationum_, =3=, 149.

s

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From this reading D. D.'s and chickadee-dees, =4=, 469.

shore

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From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Dead body on the shore, a, =4=, 107, 108.