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Four Boy Hunters
Four Boy Hunters

Chapter XI

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IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.
"Came from there right now."
"Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.
"So you built that shelter?"
"We did."
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Four Boy Hunters

Chapter XI

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.
Line 2
"Came from there right now."
Line 3
"Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.
Line 4
"So you built that shelter?"
Line 5
"We did."
/wiː dɪd/

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.”

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.”

CAMP noun US /camp/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Came from there right now."”

All words in this reading · 33

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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 IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

built

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

cabin

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

Came

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From this reading "Came from there right now."

Cameron

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From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

CAMP

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From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

crowd

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

Felps

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

Lake

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From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

NEW

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From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

now

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From this reading "Came from there right now."

pause

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From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

queried

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Came from there right now."

saw

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

shelter

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From this reading "So you built that shelter?"

Snap

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From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "So you built that shelter?"

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "So you built that shelter?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

Then

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

there

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From this reading "Came from there right now."

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.

Whopper

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From this reading "Then you saw the Felps crowd at the cabin we built?" queried Whopper.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading IN A NEW CAMP "When did you come from Lake Cameron?" asked Snap, after a pause.