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Recruit for Andromeda
Recruit for Andromeda

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/47 · 5 lines
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"Hey, looka me.
I'm flying!"
"Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"
"Sure.
Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Recruit for Andromeda

Chapter III

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

Line 1
"Hey, looka me.
Line 2
I'm flying!"
Line 3
"Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"
Line 4
"Sure.
/sure/
Line 5
Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

Learner Dictionary

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

Sure noun US /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Sure.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."”

All words in this reading · 27

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air

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

away

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

big

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From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

face

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From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

fat

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From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

feet

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From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

flying

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From this reading I'm flying!"

get

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From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

glad

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

Hey

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From this reading "Hey, looka me.

how

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

I'll

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

I'm

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From this reading I'm flying!"

looka

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From this reading "Hey, looka me.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Hey, looka me.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

out

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From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

Show

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

SurenounUS /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Sure.

swim

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From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Show me how to swim away through air, I'll be glad to."

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Will you get your big fat feet out of my face?"