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Chapter XXXVII

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A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
Brad Stearns was talking.
He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XXXVII

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
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He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
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I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
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Brad Stearns was talking.
Line 5
He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.”

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."”

Since preposition US /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading “I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."”

Tobacco noun US /ˈtobacco/

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

From this reading “He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.”

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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 A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

big

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

Brad

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From this reading Brad Stearns was talking.

BRINGS

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

cat

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

clouds

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

CREE

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

Don't

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

family

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

got

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

grasshopper

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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

He's

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

house

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

I've

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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

Jessie

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

knee-high

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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

knew

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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

lad

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

lives

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

many

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

McRae

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

NEWS

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

puffed

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

rafters

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

room

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

RUNNER

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

sat

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

smoke

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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

some

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

Stearns

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From this reading Brad Stearns was talking.

talking

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From this reading Brad Stearns was talking.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

then

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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/

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

From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."

worry

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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.