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Strawberry Acres

Chapter XI

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IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?
Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."
Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.
He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.
Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.
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Strawberry Acres

Chapter XI

Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?
Line 2
Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."
Line 3
Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.
Line 4
He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.
Line 5
Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."”

All words in this reading · 47

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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 Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

aren't

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

bad

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

Burnside

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From this reading Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

cap

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From this reading He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.

chains

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

coat

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From this reading He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.

door

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From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

drive

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

farm

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

GARDEN

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

gauntlets

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From this reading He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.

hand

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From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

head

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From this reading Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

Jarvis's

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From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

Jo

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

leather

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From this reading He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.

like

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

Mother

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

motorist's

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From this reading He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.

Mrs

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From this reading Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

OLD

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

out

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

rear

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

roads

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

shook

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From this reading Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

smiling

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From this reading Mrs. Burnside shook her head, smiling.

spoke

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From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

tires

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

veteran

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From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Jarvis's hand was on the door as he spoke.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Jo will tell you I drive like a veteran, and the roads aren't bad--with chains on the rear tires."

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

won't

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From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?

wore

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From this reading He wore a motorist's cap, coat, and leather gauntlets.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading IN THE OLD GARDEN "Mother, won't you drive out to the farm with us?