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Ramona

Chapter XXXVIII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/47 · 5 lines
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“Good God!
Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.
Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.
“Oh, Lawd!” he gasped.
Turning to Felipe, “Thet's mammy,” he said.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Ramona

Chapter XXXVIII

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Good God!
Line 2
Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.
Line 3
Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.
Line 4
“Oh, Lawd!” he gasped.
Line 5
Turning to Felipe, “Thet's mammy,” he said.

Learner Dictionary

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

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Good God!”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.”

All words in this reading · 33

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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 Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

Alessandro

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

almost

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From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

bewilderedly

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From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

burst

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

complication

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From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

Felipe

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From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

Felipe's

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

gasped

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From this reading “Oh, Lawd!” he gasped.

God

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From this reading “Good God!

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good God!

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading “Oh, Lawd!” he gasped.

heart-rending

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

Jos

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From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

killed

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

Lawd

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From this reading “Oh, Lawd!” he gasped.

lips

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

mammy

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From this reading Turning to Felipe, “Thet's mammy,” he said.

mother

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From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, Lawd!” he gasped.

said

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From this reading Turning to Felipe, “Thet's mammy,” he said.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

Thet's

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From this reading Turning to Felipe, “Thet's mammy,” he said.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.

Turning

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From this reading Turning to Felipe, “Thet's mammy,” he said.

voice

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From this reading Alessandro killed!” burst from Felipe's lips in a heart-rending voice.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Jos looked bewilderedly from his mother to Felipe; the complication was almost beyond him.