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The Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys

Chapter V

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'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.
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The Story of the Gadsbys

Chapter V

Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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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 “'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.”

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anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

Asia

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From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

CAPT

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From this reading CAPT.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

G

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From this reading G.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

M

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From this reading M.

offer

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From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

shoes

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From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

Wouldn't

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From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading 'Wouldn't be in your shoes for anything that Asia has to offer.