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Robin's Rambles
Robin's Rambles

Chapter I

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Illustration: This Book Belongs To.
Illustration: Robin Feeding Young.
Illustration: Harvest Mice.
Illustration: Robin's Rambles.
Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.
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Robin's Rambles

Chapter I

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Illustration: This Book Belongs To.
Line 2
Illustration: Robin Feeding Young.
Line 3
Illustration: Harvest Mice.
Line 4
Illustration: Robin's Rambles.
Line 5
Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Learner Dictionary

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

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.”

All words in this reading · 31

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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 Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

always

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Belongs

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From this reading Illustration: This Book Belongs To.

bit

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Book

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From this reading Illustration: This Book Belongs To.

dandified

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

dapper

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

fact

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Feeding

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From this reading Illustration: Robin Feeding Young.

Harvest

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From this reading Illustration: Harvest Mice.

Illustration

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From this reading Illustration: This Book Belongs To.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Mice

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From this reading Illustration: Harvest Mice.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

neat

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

person

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Rambles

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From this reading Illustration: Robin's Rambles.

Robin

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From this reading Illustration: Robin Feeding Young.

Robin's

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From this reading Illustration: Robin's Rambles.

say

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

span

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

spick

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Illustration: This Book Belongs To.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Illustration: This Book Belongs To.

very

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

wee

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From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Robin was a very spick and span little person: always neat and dapper, in fact a wee bit dandified, you might say.

Young

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From this reading Illustration: Robin Feeding Young.