Chapter VI
"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.' "'O Riley Rabbit, why so? Son Riley Rabbit, why so?' "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone. I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
Nights With Uncle Remus
Chapter VI
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"'Mammy-Bammy
Big-Money,
I
los'
de
foot
you
gim
me.'
"'O
Riley
Rabbit,
why
so?
Son
Riley
Rabbit,
why
so?'
"'Mammy-Bammy
Big-Money,
my
luck
done
gone.
I
put
dat
foot
down
'pon
de
groun'.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"'Mammy-Bammy
Big-Money,
I
los'
de
foot
you
gim
me.'
Line 2
"'O
Riley
Rabbit,
why
so?
Line 3
Son
Riley
Rabbit,
why
so?'
Line 4
"'Mammy-Bammy
Big-Money,
my
luck
done
gone.
Line 5
I
put
dat
foot
down
'pon
de
groun'.
Learner Dictionary
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Done
noun
US /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.”
Foot
noun
US /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'”
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Big-Money
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dat
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de
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donenounUS /done/
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down
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footnounUS /foot/
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gim
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gone
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groun
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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los
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luck
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Mammy-Bammy
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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O
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pon
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put
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Rabbit
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Riley
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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Son
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why
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'