Chapter VI
SANTA. Birds! I never heard of such a thing. Birds injure them when they have grown to that size? DEENO.
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Chapter VI
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SANTA.
Birds!
I
never
heard
of
such
a
thing.
Birds
injure
them
when
they
have
grown
to
that
size?
DEENO.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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SANTA.
Line 2
Birds!
Line 3
I
never
heard
of
such
a
thing.
Line 4
Birds
injure
them
when
they
have
grown
to
that
size?
Line 5
DEENO.
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 “Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never heard of such a thing.”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never heard of such a thing.”
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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 I never heard of such a thing.
Birds
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From this reading Birds!
DEENO
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From this reading DEENO.
grown
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From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
heard
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From this reading I never heard of such a thing.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never heard of such a thing.
injure
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From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never heard of such a thing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I never heard of such a thing.
SANTA
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From this reading SANTA.
size
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From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I never heard of such a thing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never heard of such a thing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Birds injure them when they have grown to that size?