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Police!!!

Chapter I

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POLICE!!!
All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.
Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!
Which is going some, you say?
In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Police!!!

Chapter I

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

Line 1
POLICE!!!
Line 2
All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.
Line 3
Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!
Line 4
Which is going some, you say?
Line 5
In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

Learner Dictionary

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

Because conjunction US /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading “Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.”

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All

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

Autumn

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

day

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From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

delightful

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

dull

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From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

fall

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

fashioning

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From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

gay

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From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

going

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From this reading Which is going some, you say?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

Just

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From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

lay

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From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

Louise

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From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

love

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

MakenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

own

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

pedantic

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From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

please

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From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

POLICE

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From this reading POLICE!!!

pretty

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

say

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

some

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From this reading Which is going some, you say?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

things

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

Turning

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

twice

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From this reading Every day is twice as gay Just because of you, Louise!

want

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From this reading In my dull, pedantic way I am fashioning my lay Just because I want to please.

way

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From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Which is going some, you say?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading All the pretty things you say, All the pretty things you do In your own delightful way Make me fall in love with you, Turning Autumn into May.