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The Flirt
The Flirt

Chapter IV

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Context Illustration Reading 1/40 · 5 lines
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"Hedrick, won't you please run along?
I want to change my dress."
"What for?
There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."
Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Flirt

Chapter IV

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Hedrick, won't you please run along?
Line 2
I want to change my dress."
Line 3
"What for?
/wʌt fɔːr/
Line 4
There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."
Line 5
Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

Learner Dictionary

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

Along preposition US /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “"Hedrick, won't you please run along?”

Answered noun US /ˈanswered/

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

From this reading “Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.”

All words in this reading · 32

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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading "Hedrick, won't you please run along?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

answerednounUS /ˈanswered/

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

From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

change

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From this reading I want to change my dress."

cheeks

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

company

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From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

confusion

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

deeper

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

didn't

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From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

dinner

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From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

dress

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From this reading I want to change my dress."

flushed

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "What for?

Hedrick

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From this reading "Hedrick, won't you please run along?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I want to change my dress."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

Laura's

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I want to change my dress."

please

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From this reading "Hedrick, won't you please run along?

quickly

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

run

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From this reading "Hedrick, won't you please run along?

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

then

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From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

There

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From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I want to change my dress."

too

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From this reading Laura's flushed cheeks flushed deeper, and in her confusion she answered too quickly.

want

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From this reading I want to change my dress."

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading There was company for dinner and you didn't change then."

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What for?

won't

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From this reading "Hedrick, won't you please run along?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Hedrick, won't you please run along?