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Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country

Chapter VI

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"What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.
"Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.
"I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.
I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.
Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.
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Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country

Chapter VI

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

Line 1
"What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.
Line 2
"Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.
Line 3
"I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.
Line 4
I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.
Line 5
Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

Learner Dictionary

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

Asked noun US /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.”

John noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.”

Question noun US /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “"Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.”

Replied noun US /replied/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.”

All words in this reading · 57

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

black

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

bluntly

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From this reading "What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.

Buster

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From this reading "What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.

certainly

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

Chickamy

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

chicken

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From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

Crany

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

Crow

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

crying

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

didn't

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

doing

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

embarrassed

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

fat

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From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.

get

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From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

hardly

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

how

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

John

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From this reading "What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.

kept

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

knew

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

mud

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

off

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

old

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

out

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

pocket

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

questionnounUS /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

repliednounUS /replied/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

shoe

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

somewhat

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

stealing

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From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

stocking

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

stuffed

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

suddenness

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

turn

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From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

wanted

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From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.

Well

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From this reading "Well, I hardly know," replied Chickamy Crany Crow, somewhat embarrassed at the suddenness of the question.

wet

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What for?" asked Buster John bluntly.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "I wanted to get even with her for stealing my fat chicken.

woman's

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From this reading Well, I stuffed the old woman's wet stocking in my pocket, and kept on crying out that I didn't know how to get the black mud off of my shoe.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I hardly knew what I was doing, and I certainly didn't know how it would turn out.