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Young Musgrave

Chapter XXXIII

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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
“Are you very hungry, Nello?’
“Oh, very, _very_.
Are you?
I have not had any breakfast.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Young Musgrave

Chapter XXXIII

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
Line 2
“Are you very hungry, Nello?’
Line 3
“Oh, very, _very_.
Line 4
Are you?
/ɑːr juː/
Line 5
I have not had any breakfast.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I have not had any breakfast.”

All words in this reading · 16

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any

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From this reading I have not had any breakfast.

Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’

BABES

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From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

breakfast

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From this reading I have not had any breakfast.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading I have not had any breakfast.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I have not had any breakfast.

hungry

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From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I have not had any breakfast.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

Nello

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From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I have not had any breakfast.

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, very, _very_.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

very

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From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’

WOOD

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From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’