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Original Short Stories — Volume 12
Original Short Stories — Volume 12

Chapter VII

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Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.
In despair the man tried to give her away.
Nobody wanted her.
Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.
Cocotte returned the same day.
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Original Short Stories — Volume 12

Chapter VII

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.
Line 2
In despair the man tried to give her away.
Line 3
Nobody wanted her.
Line 4
Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.
Line 5
Cocotte returned the same day.

Learner Dictionary

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

Nobody pronoun US /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/

no person; not anyone

From this reading “Nobody wanted her.”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

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

From this reading “Cocotte returned the same day.”

Same noun US /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Cocotte returned the same day.”

All words in this reading · 42

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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 Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

away

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From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

Cocotte

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

complaints

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

day

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From this reading Cocotte returned the same day.

decided

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

despair

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From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

drop

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

Finally

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Francois

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

gave

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

get

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

give

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From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

impatiently

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

Joinville-le-Pont

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

lose

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

man

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From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

master

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

near

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/

no person; not anyone

From this reading Nobody wanted her.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

ordered

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

other

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

Paris

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

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

From this reading Cocotte returned the same day.

rid

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

samenounUS /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Cocotte returned the same day.

side

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

teamster

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

Then

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From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

tired

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From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Finally the master, tired of complaints, impatiently ordered Francois to get rid of Cocotte.

tried

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From this reading In despair the man tried to give her away.

wanted

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From this reading Nobody wanted her.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Then he decided to lose her, and he gave her to a teamster, who was to drop her on the other side of Paris, near Joinville-le-Pont.