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Budge & Toddie
Budge & Toddie

Chapter XI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/67 · 5 lines
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“We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”
Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:
“Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”
“What ’bout?”
“Why, ’bout not dyin’.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Budge & Toddie

Chapter XI

Reading 1/67 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”
Line 2
Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:
Line 3
“Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”
Line 4
“What ’bout?”
Line 5
“Why, ’bout not dyin’.

Learner Dictionary

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

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Themselves pronoun US /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:”

All words in this reading · 45

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a-tellin

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From this reading “Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

bout

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From this reading “What ’bout?”

Budge

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

Budgie

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From this reading “Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”

de

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From this reading “Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”

die

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From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

dyin

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From this reading “Why, ’bout not dyin’.

goin

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From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

hall

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

home

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From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

impressed

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

izh

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From this reading “Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

lines

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

many

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

more

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From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “Why, ’bout not dyin’.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

Sang

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

times

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

Toddie

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From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

troof

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From this reading “Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

We're

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From this reading “We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home We’re goin’ home To die no more.”

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “What ’bout?”

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Sang Budge through the hall next morning, and he repeated the lines over and over so many times that they at last impressed themselves upon the mind of Toddie, who asked:

Why

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From this reading “Why, ’bout not dyin’.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Budgie, izh you a-tellin’ de troof?”