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Chapter II

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Context Illustration Reading 1/73 · 5 lines
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Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Yanks

Chapter II

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
Line 2
To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
Line 3
Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
Line 4
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
Line 5
Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.”

All words in this reading · 72

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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 To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

back

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

company

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

convoys

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

dance

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

decks

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

deep

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

drift

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

eye

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

France

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

friends

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

garb

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

go

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

God

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

going

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

Good-bye

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

Grim

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

guns

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

Hun

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

jam

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

knows

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

luck

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

men

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

Oh

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

Old

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

out

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

paint-splotched

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

path

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

pay

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

piper

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

port

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

rainbow

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

sea

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

seas

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

set

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

sides

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

slugged

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

smack

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

songs

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

starboard

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

thunderbolts

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

toss

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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

tries

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

U-boat's

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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

war

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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.

way

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.

We'll

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

We're

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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.