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A Diversity of Creatures
A Diversity of Creatures

Chapter XIII

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'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.
'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'
Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.
Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.
'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.
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A Diversity of Creatures

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.
Line 2
'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'
Line 3
Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.
Line 4
Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.
Line 5
'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

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 “'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.”

Different noun US /ˈdifferent/

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

From this reading “Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.”

Having auxiliary verb US /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading “'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.”

Poor noun US /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.”

Pulled noun US /pulled/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.”

Shouted noun US /shouted/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'”

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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 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

banisters

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

boys

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

cocoa

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From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/

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

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

find

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From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

Five

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

got

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

Hartopp

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

head

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

human

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

jersey

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

King

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

King's

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

landing

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

leaned

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

LittlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

Number

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

old

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

out

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

Paddy

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

Perowne

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From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

poornounUS /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

pullednounUS /pulled/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

repaired

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

roads

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

Rootle

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From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

round

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From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

said

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

say

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

Separately

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

shoutednounUS /shouted/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

somewhere

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From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

sorry

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

study

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From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

takes

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

There's

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From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

tin

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From this reading 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

trouble

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

up

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From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

Ve-ry

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

Vernon's

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From this reading Separately, by different roads, Vernon's jersey pulled half over his head, the boys repaired to Number Five Study.

virtuous

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

watched

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From this reading Little Hartopp and King, I am sorry to say, leaned over the banisters of King's landing and watched.

Winton

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From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading 'Ve-ry human,' said little Hartopp. 'Your virtuous Winton, having got himself into trouble, takes it out of my poor old Paddy.