Chapter XVII
'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted. "And den tail on to ze _Reindeer_! No side-lights!" "Come! Cast off those gaskets--lively!"
The Cruise of the Dazzler
Chapter XVII
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'FRISCO
KID
TELLS
HIS
STORY
"Get
up
ze
mainsail
and
break
out
ze
hook!"
the
Frenchman
shouted.
"And
den
tail
on
to
ze
_Reindeer_!
No
side-lights!"
"Come!
Cast
off
those
gaskets--lively!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
'FRISCO
KID
TELLS
HIS
STORY
"Get
up
ze
mainsail
and
break
out
ze
hook!"
the
Frenchman
shouted.
Line 2
"And
den
tail
on
to
ze
_Reindeer_!
Line 3
No
side-lights!"
Line 4
"Come!
/come/
Line 5
Cast
off
those
gaskets--lively!"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come!”
Shouted
noun
US /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.”
Those
determiner
US /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Cast off those gaskets--lively!"”
All words in this reading · 29
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
break
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
Cast
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From this reading Cast off those gaskets--lively!"
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come!
den
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From this reading "And den tail on to ze _Reindeer_!
Frenchman
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
FRISCO
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
gaskets
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From this reading Cast off those gaskets--lively!"
Get
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
hook
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
KID
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
lively
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From this reading Cast off those gaskets--lively!"
mainsail
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No side-lights!"
off
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From this reading Cast off those gaskets--lively!"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "And den tail on to ze _Reindeer_!
out
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
Reindeer
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From this reading "And den tail on to ze _Reindeer_!
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
side-lights
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From this reading No side-lights!"
STORY
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
tail
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From this reading "And den tail on to ze _Reindeer_!
TELLS
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Cast off those gaskets--lively!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And den tail on to ze _Reindeer_!
up
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.
ze
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From this reading 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY "Get up ze mainsail and break out ze hook!" the Frenchman shouted.