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Chapter XXII

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IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.
"How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.
"It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."
"I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.
"We must raft it down.
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Field and Forest

Chapter XXII

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.
Line 2
"How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.
Line 3
"It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."
Line 4
"I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.
Line 5
"We must raft it down.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “"I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.”

Added noun US /added/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.”

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “"I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.”

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “"We must raft it down.”

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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 IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

addednounUS /added/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

big

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

down

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From this reading "We must raft it down.

feet

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From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."

fifteen

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From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."

haven't

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From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

heard

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From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

HEAVY

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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

house

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

How

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

Island

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."

Jackson

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

JOB

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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

Lieutenant

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."

manner

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From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "We must raft it down.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

officer

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From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

Paradise

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

PHIL

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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

raft

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From this reading "We must raft it down.

rowed

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

said

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From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

thirty

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From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

transporting

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From this reading "I haven't heard anything said about the manner of transporting it," added the officer.

UNDERTAKES

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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

up

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From this reading "How big is this house, Phil?" asked Lieutenant Jackson, as I rowed him up to Paradise Island.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "We must raft it down.

WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB.

wide

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From this reading "It is thirty feet long and fifteen wide."