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Pickett's Gap

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/36 · 5 lines
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“Good-by, Gran’pap!”
“Good-by, Dannie!
Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”
“All right, Gran’pap!
Don’t forget about the new suspenders.”
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Pickett's Gap

Chapter III

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Good-by, Gran’pap!”
Line 2
“Good-by, Dannie!
Line 3
Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”
Line 4
“All right, Gran’pap!
Line 5
Don’t forget about the new suspenders.”

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 “Don’t forget about the new suspenders.””

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.””

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.””

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““All right, Gran’pap!”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.””

All words in this reading · 20

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Don’t forget about the new suspenders.”

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

All

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From this reading “All right, Gran’pap!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

Dannie

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From this reading “Good-by, Dannie!

don't

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From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

forget

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From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

Get

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From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

Good-by

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From this reading “Good-by, Gran’pap!”

Gran'pap

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From this reading “Good-by, Gran’pap!”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

new

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From this reading Don’t forget about the new suspenders.”

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “All right, Gran’pap!

school

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From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

sheep

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From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

suspenders

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From this reading Don’t forget about the new suspenders.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Get to school in time; and don’t forget to look after the sheep.”