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Smoke Bellew
Smoke Bellew

Chapter XII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/49 · 5 lines
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"Did they find anything?"
"Meat."
"Good.
You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.
You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Smoke Bellew

Chapter XII

Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Did they find anything?"
Line 2
"Meat."
Line 3
"Good.
/good/
Line 4
You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.
Line 5
You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

Learner Dictionary

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

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “"Did they find anything?"”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Good.”

All words in this reading · 26

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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 You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading "Did they find anything?"

brown

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

canvas

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading "Did they find anything?"

few

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From this reading You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

find

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From this reading "Did they find anything?"

get

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

gold

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From this reading You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Good.

got

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

lumpy

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From this reading You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

Meat

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From this reading "Meat."

moosehide

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

pack

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

patched

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

pounds

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From this reading You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

that's

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Did they find anything?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.

You'll

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From this reading You'll find a few pounds of lumpy gold.

You've

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From this reading You've got to get into the brown canvas pack that's patched with moosehide.