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The Pearl Box — Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories
The Pearl Box — Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories

Chapter III

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George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?
It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.
My bird did not live as long as the tree."
"Well, I don't see as we can love anything.
Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Pearl Box — Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories

Chapter III

Reading 1/95 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?
Line 2
It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.
Line 3
My bird did not live as long as the tree."
Line 4
"Well, I don't see as we can love anything.
Line 5
Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

Learner Dictionary

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

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “"Well, I don't see as we can love anything.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My bird did not live as long as the tree."”

Remember verb US /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading “George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well, I don't see as we can love anything.”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

any

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From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading "Well, I don't see as we can love anything.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading My bird did not live as long as the tree."

beautiful

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From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

better

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From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

bird

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From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

bright

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

brother

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From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

buried

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Well, I don't see as we can love anything.

canary

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From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

Dear

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From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading My bird did not live as long as the tree."

died

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

don't

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From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

flower

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From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

flowers

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

George

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From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

ground

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Well, I don't see as we can love anything.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

live

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From this reading My bird did not live as long as the tree."

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading My bird did not live as long as the tree."

love

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From this reading "Well, I don't see as we can love anything.

loved

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From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

middle

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading My bird did not live as long as the tree."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

planted

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?

see

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From this reading "Well, I don't see as we can love anything.

summer

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From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Dear little brother died before the bird, and I loved him better than any bird, or tree, or flower.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

tree

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From this reading My bird did not live as long as the tree."

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

Well

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From this reading "Well, I don't see as we can love anything.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading George, don't you remember my beautiful canary bird?