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The Vegetable
The Vegetable

Chapter IV

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JERRY [_startled_].
You mean Buzzards?
SNOOKS.
One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.
JERRY [_fascinated_].
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Vegetable

Chapter IV

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
JERRY [_startled_].
Line 2
You mean Buzzards?
Line 3
SNOOKS.
Line 4
One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.
Line 5
JERRY [_fascinated_].

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.”

Per preposition US /pɜːr/

for each

From this reading “One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.”

All words in this reading · 23

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

butter

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

Buzzardites

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

Buzzards

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From this reading You mean Buzzards?

cent

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crazy

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fascinated

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From this reading JERRY [_fascinated_].

hunerd

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industries

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

island

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

JERRY

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From this reading JERRY [_startled_].

live

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

mean

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From this reading You mean Buzzards?

milk

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

perprepositionUS /pɜːr/

for each

From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

SNOOKS

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From this reading SNOOKS.

startled

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From this reading JERRY [_startled_].

stock

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

wives

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From this reading One hunerd per cent Buzzardites, crazy about their island, butter, milk, live stock, wives, and industries.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You mean Buzzards?