Chapter XX
ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?” “Come in, Jimmy.” Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch. The room sprang into light as Jim came in. “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
Captain Jim
Chapter XX
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ALL
CLEAR
“Kiddie,
are
you
awake?”
“Come
in,
Jimmy.”
Norah
sat
up
in
bed
and
felt
for
the
electric
switch.
The
room
sprang
into
light
as
Jim
came
in.
“I
had
to
come
and
bring
your
stocking,”
he
said.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
ALL
CLEAR
“Kiddie,
are
you
awake?”
Line 2
“Come
in,
Jimmy.”
Line 3
Norah
sat
up
in
bed
and
felt
for
the
electric
switch.
Line 4
The
room
sprang
into
light
as
Jim
came
in.
Line 5
“I
had
to
come
and
bring
your
stocking,”
he
said.
Learner Dictionary
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Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come in, Jimmy.””
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ALL
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From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
awake
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From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
bed
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From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
bring
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came
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From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
CLEAR
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From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come in, Jimmy.”
electric
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From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
felt
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From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in, Jimmy.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
Jim
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From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
Jimmy
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From this reading “Come in, Jimmy.”
Kiddie
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From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
light
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From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
Norah
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room
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said
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sat
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sprang
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From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
stocking
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switch
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From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
up
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From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.