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Ramona

Chapter XII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/47 · 5 lines
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Would Felipe help him?
Ay, there was Felipe!
That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
Oh, that terrible Senora!
What would become of them?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Ramona

Chapter XII

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Would Felipe help him?
Line 2
Ay, there was Felipe!
Line 3
That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
Line 4
Oh, that terrible Senora!
Line 5
What would become of them?

Learner Dictionary

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

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Would Felipe help him?”

Sure noun US /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?”

Terrible noun US /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Oh, that terrible Senora!”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Would Felipe help him?”

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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 That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

Alessandro

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

Ay

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From this reading Ay, there was Felipe!

become

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From this reading What would become of them?

brood

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

Felipe

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From this reading Would Felipe help him?

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

friend

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Would Felipe help him?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Would Felipe help him?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

instinct

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

knew

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

knowledge

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

move

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

Oh

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From this reading Oh, that terrible Senora!

partridge's

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

Senora

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

shelter

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

surenounUS /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Oh, that terrible Senora!

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading What would become of them?

there

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From this reading Ay, there was Felipe!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Ay, there was Felipe!

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What would become of them?

wild

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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?

Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Would Felipe help him?