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Yiddish Tales

Chapter V

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Context Illustration Reading 1/81 · 5 lines
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"Get up, you silly Rebbe!
We're there--in Chaschtschevate!"
Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.
"Chasch-tsche-va-te???"
"Chaschtschevate!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Yiddish Tales

Chapter V

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Get up, you silly Rebbe!
Line 2
We're there--in Chaschtschevate!"
Line 3
Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.
Line 4
"Chasch-tsche-va-te???"
Line 5
"Chaschtschevate!

Learner Dictionary

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

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.”

All words in this reading · 23

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

Chasch-tsche-va-te

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From this reading "Chasch-tsche-va-te???"

Chaschtschevate

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From this reading We're there--in Chaschtschevate!"

eyes

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

Fishel

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

gazed

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

Get

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From this reading "Get up, you silly Rebbe!

head

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading We're there--in Chaschtschevate!"

raised

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

Rebbe

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From this reading "Get up, you silly Rebbe!

red

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

silly

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From this reading "Get up, you silly Rebbe!

Slowly

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

swollen

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From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

there

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From this reading We're there--in Chaschtschevate!"

up

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From this reading "Get up, you silly Rebbe!

We're

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From this reading We're there--in Chaschtschevate!"

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Slowly, slowly, Fishel raised his head, and gazed around him with red and swollen eyes.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Get up, you silly Rebbe!