Chapter I
THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands. "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted. "All of yez! Make room for George!" What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
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Chapter I
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THE
CHIN-CHOPPER
Mrs.
O'Brien
raised
helpless
distracted
hands.
"Off
wid
yez
to
school!"
she
shouted.
"All
of
yez!
Make
room
for
George!"
What
Mrs.
O'Brien
really
called
her
boarder
is
best
represented
by
spelling
his
name
Jarge.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
CHIN-CHOPPER
Mrs.
O'Brien
raised
helpless
distracted
hands.
Line 2
"Off
wid
yez
to
school!"
she
shouted.
Line 3
"All
of
yez!
Line 4
Make
room
for
George!"
Line 5
What
Mrs.
O'Brien
really
called
her
boarder
is
best
represented
by
spelling
his
name
Jarge.
Learner Dictionary
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Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Make room for George!"”
Name
noun
US /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.”
Shouted
noun
US /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.”
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All
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best
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boarder
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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called
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CHIN-CHOPPER
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distracted
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Make room for George!"
George
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handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
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helpless
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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Jarge
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MakenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Make room for George!"
Mrs
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namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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O'Brien
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "All of yez!
Off
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raised
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really
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represented
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room
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school
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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spelling
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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
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wid
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yez
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