Chapter VIII
The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer! You're only picking rubbish. We want to get to the wild strawberries!" "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish! I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
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Chapter VIII
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The
Little
Rescuers
"Come
on,
you
little
duffer!
You're
only
picking
rubbish.
We
want
to
get
to
the
wild
strawberries!"
"I'm
tarred,
and
moss
isn't
rubbish!
I
fink
I
shall
put
it
round
my
Chris'mas
tree."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
The
Little
Rescuers
"Come
on,
you
little
duffer!
Line 2
You're
only
picking
rubbish.
Line 3
We
want
to
get
to
the
wild
strawberries!"
Line 4
"I'm
tarred,
and
moss
isn't
rubbish!
Line 5
I
fink
I
shall
put
it
round
my
Chris'mas
tree."
Learner Dictionary
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Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."”
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
Chris'mas
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From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
duffer
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From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
fink
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From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
get
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From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
I'm
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From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
isn't
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From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
moss
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From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
only
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From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
picking
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From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
put
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From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
Rescuers
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From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
round
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From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
rubbish
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From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
strawberries
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From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
tarred
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From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
tree
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From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
want
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From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
wild
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From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
You're
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From this reading You're only picking rubbish.