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Young Auctioneers

Chapter VIII

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AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK.
The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.
After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.
Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.
The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.
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Young Auctioneers

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK.
Line 2
The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.
Line 3
After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.
Line 4
Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.
Line 5
The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.”

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

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

From this reading “Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.”

Themselves pronoun US /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.”

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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 After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

advertisements

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

ANdeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

Andrew

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

bargains

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

busy

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

cut

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

days

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

deemed

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

Dilks

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

drawn

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

false

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From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

horse

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

hunted

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

less

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From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

Matt

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

more

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From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

newly-made

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

ones

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

out

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

papers

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

partner

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

proper

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

proved

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From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

set

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

SET-BACK

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From this reading AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK.

several

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From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

signed

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

so-styled

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From this reading The so-styled bargains proved to be more or less false.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Andrew Dilks had cut several advertisements of bargains from the morning papers, and these they hunted up one after another.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

three

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From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

UNEXPECTED

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From this reading AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK.

up

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

wagon

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From this reading After they had drawn up and signed such papers as they deemed proper between themselves, they set out to look for a horse and wagon.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading The next three days were busy ones for Matt and his newly-made partner.