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LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.
By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.
&c.
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.
A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, Who Was Shut

Chapter I

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.
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By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.
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&c.
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The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.
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A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

Learner Dictionary

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

BEWILDERED noun US /bewildered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.”

LITTLE noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.”

Poor noun US /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.”

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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 A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

Abbey

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

Adventures

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

All

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From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

Author

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From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

BEWILDEREDnounUS /bewildered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

c

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From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

Etc

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From this reading A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

Extraordinary

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

Fact

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From this reading A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

Founded

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From this reading A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

HENRY

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From this reading LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

LITTLEnounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading LITTLE BEWILDERED HENRY.

NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

old

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

PoornounUS /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

shut

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

Story

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From this reading A Story Founded On Fact. by The Author Of "Nothing At All," Etc.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading By The Author Of _Nothing At All_, &c.

Three

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

up

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

Weeks

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From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The Extraordinary Adventures Of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, _Who was shut up in an old Abbey for Three Weeks_.