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Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)
Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)

Chapter V

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Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
“Oh, be careful, Bully.
Jump!
Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
“What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.
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Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)

Chapter V

Reading 1/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
Line 2
“Oh, be careful, Bully.
Line 3
Jump!
Line 4
Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
Line 5
“What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading ““What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.”

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.”

Cried noun US /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.

Bully

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From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.

can't

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From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”

careful

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From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.

cocoanut

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From this reading “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.

criednounUS /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

didn't

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

eat

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

fox

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

get

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From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”

Jump

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From this reading Jump!

just

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

Kat

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

Kittie

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.

out

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

sneaking

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

up

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

water

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From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”

Well

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From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”