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Great Hike

Chapter I

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The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.
Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.
A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Great Hike

Chapter I

Reading 1/6 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.
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Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.
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A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

Learner Dictionary

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

Camp noun US /camp/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.”

Everyone pronoun US /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading “Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.”

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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 The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

acquired

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

affords

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

astonishes

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

bold

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boy

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=).

camp

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

Campfires

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

camping

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

Chenowith

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

clean

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

Elmer

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

enclosed

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equal

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everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

experience

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

face

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familiarity

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=).

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

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italics

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knowledge

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

lad

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

northwest

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

opportunities

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

Patrol

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

practical

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

read

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

recently

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

scouts

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

signs

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splendid

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

story

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

Text

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

underscores

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use

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

way

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

wholesome

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

Wolf

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From this reading The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

woods

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.