Chapter X
"Your affectionate daughter, "Carry. "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.' Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten. Please excuse Abigail for helping me off. I bullied her into doing it.
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Chapter X
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"Your
affectionate
daughter,
"Carry.
"P.S.--Algernon
says
to
give
you
his
love,
and
he
tells
you
to
`keep
your
pecker
up.'
Tell
Mortimer
he
can
have
my
Persian
kitten.
Please
excuse
Abigail
for
helping
me
off.
I
bullied
her
into
doing
it.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Your
affectionate
daughter,
"Carry.
Line 2
"P.S.--Algernon
says
to
give
you
his
love,
and
he
tells
you
to
`keep
your
pecker
up.'
Line 3
Tell
Mortimer
he
can
have
my
Persian
kitten.
Line 4
Please
excuse
Abigail
for
helping
me
off.
Line 5
I
bullied
her
into
doing
it.
Learner Dictionary
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Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.”
Tell
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.”
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Abigail
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affectionate
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From this reading "Your affectionate daughter, "Carry.
Algernon
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
bullied
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From this reading I bullied her into doing it.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
Carry
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From this reading "Your affectionate daughter, "Carry.
daughter
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From this reading "Your affectionate daughter, "Carry.
doing
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From this reading I bullied her into doing it.
excuse
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From this reading Please excuse Abigail for helping me off.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Please excuse Abigail for helping me off.
give
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
helping
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From this reading Please excuse Abigail for helping me off.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I bullied her into doing it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I bullied her into doing it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I bullied her into doing it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I bullied her into doing it.
keep
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kitten
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From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
love
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Please excuse Abigail for helping me off.
Mortimer
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From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
off
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From this reading Please excuse Abigail for helping me off.
P
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
pecker
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
Persian
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From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
Please
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From this reading Please excuse Abigail for helping me off.
S
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
says
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
TellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell Mortimer he can have my Persian kitten.
tells
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
up
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From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "P.S.--Algernon says to give you his love, and he tells you to `keep your pecker up.'
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your affectionate daughter, "Carry.