Chapter IV
THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack! You've got to win!" "Don't let 'em beat you, Bill. Put it all over those Rovers." "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
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Chapter IV
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THE
DEFEAT
OF
THE
BULLY
"Go
ahead,
Jack!
You've
got
to
win!"
"Don't
let
'em
beat
you,
Bill.
Put
it
all
over
those
Rovers."
"Oh,
Jack,
don't
let
them
get
the
best
of
you!"
cried
Ruth.
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Line 1
THE
DEFEAT
OF
THE
BULLY
"Go
ahead,
Jack!
Line 2
You've
got
to
win!"
Line 3
"Don't
let
'em
beat
you,
Bill.
Line 4
Put
it
all
over
those
Rovers."
Line 5
"Oh,
Jack,
don't
let
them
get
the
best
of
you!"
cried
Ruth.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.”
Let
auxiliary verb
US /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Don't let 'em beat you, Bill.”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Put it all over those Rovers."”
Those
determiner
US /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Put it all over those Rovers."”
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ahead
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From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
all
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From this reading Put it all over those Rovers."
beat
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best
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From this reading "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
Bill
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From this reading "Don't let 'em beat you, Bill.
BULLY
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From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
DEFEAT
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From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
Don't
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From this reading "Don't let 'em beat you, Bill.
em
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get
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From this reading "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
Go
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From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
got
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From this reading You've got to win!"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Put it all over those Rovers."
Jack
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From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Don't let 'em beat you, Bill.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Put it all over those Rovers."
Put
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From this reading Put it all over those Rovers."
Rovers
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From this reading Put it all over those Rovers."
Ruth
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From this reading "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY "Go ahead, Jack!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Put it all over those Rovers."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You've got to win!"
win
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From this reading You've got to win!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't let 'em beat you, Bill.
You've
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From this reading You've got to win!"