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Chapter IV

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Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
'Where's Teddy?'
'Teddy Platt!'
'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
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Chapter IV

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
Line 3
'Where's Teddy?'
Line 4
'Teddy Platt!'
Line 5
'Young Ted, where's he got to?'

Learner Dictionary

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

Afternoon noun US /ˈafternoon/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.”

Amongst preposition US /əˈmʌŋst/

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading “The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.”

All words in this reading · 44

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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 The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

bent

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

boys

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

children

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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

confinement

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

congregated

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

cricket

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

crowded

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

energy

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

Enlisting

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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

game

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

got

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From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'

green

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'

heat

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

high

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

lessened

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

LifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

out

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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

Platt

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From this reading 'Teddy Platt!'

school

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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

schoolroom

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

soon

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

spirits

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

superabundance

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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

swarming

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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

Ted

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From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'

Teddy

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From this reading 'Where's Teddy?'

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'

village

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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.

Where's

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From this reading 'Where's Teddy?'

Young

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From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'