Chapter XI
TALKING IT OVER. “I play plenty times in my country. I was bully boy with eyeglass. Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.” “Did they push you along?”
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Chapter XI
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TALKING
IT
OVER.
“I
play
plenty
times
in
my
country.
I
was
bully
boy
with
eyeglass.
Hurray!
all
Japan
girls
think
I
good
thing.”
“Did
they
push
you
along?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
TALKING
IT
OVER.
Line 2
“I
play
plenty
times
in
my
country.
Line 3
I
was
bully
boy
with
eyeglass.
Line 4
Hurray!
all
Japan
girls
think
I
good
thing.”
Line 5
“Did
they
push
you
along?”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Along
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ““Did they push you along?””
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.””
OVER
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “TALKING IT OVER.”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.””
Think
noun
US /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.””
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all
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From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
boy
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From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
bully
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From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
country
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From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
eyeglass
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From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
girls
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From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
Hurray
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From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TALKING IT OVER.
Japan
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From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
OVERprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading TALKING IT OVER.
play
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From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
plenty
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From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
push
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From this reading “Did they push you along?”
TALKING
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From this reading TALKING IT OVER.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
times
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From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did they push you along?”