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Men without women
Men without women

Chapter VI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/89 · 5 lines
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“Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”
“I got that on the telephone last night.”
“You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”
I asked.
“Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Men without women

Chapter VI

Reading 1/89 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”
Line 2
“I got that on the telephone last night.”
Line 3
“You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”
Line 4
I asked.
/aɪ asked/
Line 5
“Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.

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 “I asked.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““I got that on the telephone last night.””

All words in this reading · 26

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askednounUS /asked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I asked.

booted

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From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

close

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From this reading “You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”

follow

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From this reading “You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”

got

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From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

Hogan

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From this reading “You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

keep

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From this reading “Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

night

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From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

pretty

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From this reading “You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”

said

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From this reading “Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.

Sande

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From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

telephone

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From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “I got that on the telephone last night.”

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

three

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From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

touch

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From this reading “Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading “Oh, I keep in touch with them,” Hogan said.

yesterday

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From this reading “Sande booted three of them in yesterday.”

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “You follow them pretty close, Hogan?”