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Chapter VIII

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Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
Huyghens and Bordman moved together.
Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
There was only one incident on the way back.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Planet explorer

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
Line 2
Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
Line 3
Huyghens and Bordman moved together.
Line 4
Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
Line 5
There was only one incident on the way back.

Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

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

From this reading “Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.”

Brought noun US /ˈbrought/

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

From this reading “Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.”

Point noun US /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading “Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.”

Took noun US /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.”

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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 Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

advanced

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

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

From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

arose

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

back

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From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

Bordman

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From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.

broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/

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

From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.

combat-team

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

duties

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

Faro

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From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.

Grunting

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

Huyghens

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From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.

incident

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From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

moved

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From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.

Nell

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From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.

Nugget

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From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

only

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From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

Pete

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

rear

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From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.

side

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From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

Sitka

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

Sourdough

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From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

swinging

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From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.

There

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From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

together

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From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.

tooknounUS /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

trailed

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From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.

up

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From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

way

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From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.

widely

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From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.