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Woodcraft

Chapter XVI

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ELMER THINKS IT PAYS.
SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.
Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.
They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.
Nor was this all.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Woodcraft

Chapter XVI

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ELMER THINKS IT PAYS.
Line 2
SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.
Line 3
Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.
Line 4
They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.
Line 5
Nor was this all.

Learner Dictionary

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

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.”

Besides preposition US /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading “Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.”

Themselves pronoun US /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.”

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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 SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

all

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From this reading Nor was this all.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

Artha

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

called

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

chance

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

confusion

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From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

eager

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

eagerness

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

ELMER

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From this reading ELMER THINKS IT PAYS.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

figure

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

finger

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

followed

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From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

get

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

ITpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ELMER THINKS IT PAYS.

lads

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

land

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

Lil

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

Matt

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Nor was this all.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

other

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

PAYS

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From this reading ELMER THINKS IT PAYS.

pie

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

pushed

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

scene

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From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

Six

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

somewhere

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

squirming

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

strove

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

struggling

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

SUCHdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

THINKS

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From this reading ELMER THINKS IT PAYS.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Nor was this all.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

Tubbs

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From this reading Six other eager lads besides Elmer and Matt Tubbs strove to get a chance to have "a finger in the pie," as Lil Artha called it.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

victim

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From this reading They even pushed among themselves, in their eagerness to land somewhere upon the squirming figure of the struggling victim.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Nor was this all.

wild

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From this reading SUCH a scene of wild confusion as followed.