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Chapter II

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SURPRISING LANDY.
"LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"
"Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."
"That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"
"Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Endurance Test

Chapter II

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SURPRISING LANDY.
Line 2
"LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"
Line 3
"Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."
Line 4
"That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"
Line 5
"Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"”

LET auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “"LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “"Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"”

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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 "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

Adam

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From this reading "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

blease

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From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

boys

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From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

chance

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

dive

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From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

fellows

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From this reading "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

give

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

gootness

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From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

gracious

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From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

high

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From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

just

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From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

LANDY

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From this reading SURPRISING LANDY.

LETauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

Limburger

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From this reading "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

MinepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

new

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

oxcuse

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From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

poys

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From this reading "Mine gootness gracious, poys, oxcuse me, if you blease.

scout

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

show

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

SURPRISING

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From this reading SURPRISING LANDY.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

tenderfoot

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

That's

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From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

ticket

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From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

try

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From this reading "LET Adam Limburger have a try, fellows!"

watch

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

water

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"

Yes

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From this reading "Yes, give the new tenderfoot scout a chance to show what he can do in the water."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "That's the ticket; just watch him take the high dive, will you, boys?"