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Commodore Junk
Commodore Junk

Chapter I

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Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
________________________________________________________________________ COMMODORE JUNK, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
CHAPTER ONE.
DOWN IN DEVON.
"Then you're a villain!"
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Commodore Junk

Chapter I

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
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________________________________________________________________________ COMMODORE JUNK, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
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CHAPTER ONE.
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DOWN IN DEVON.
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"Then you're a villain!"

Learner Dictionary

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

Junk noun US /junk/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.”

ONE pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”

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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 "Then you're a villain!"

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

Commodore

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From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.

DEVON

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From this reading DOWN IN DEVON.

DOWN

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From this reading DOWN IN DEVON.

Fenn

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George

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INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading DOWN IN DEVON.

JunknounUS /junk/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.

Manville

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ONEpronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

Then

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villain

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you're

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