Chapter IX
"Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples. You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house. S'pose we go." "How far is it?" "Oh, not very far.
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Chapter IX
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"Look
here,"
said
she;
"my
aunt
Jenny
and
my
uncle
Timothy
have
got
lots
of
early
apples.
You
just
go
along
this
road
a
little
farther,
and
you
get
to
the
road
that
leads
to
their
house.
S'pose
we
go."
"How
far
is
it?"
"Oh,
not
very
far.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Look
here,"
said
she;
"my
aunt
Jenny
and
my
uncle
Timothy
have
got
lots
of
early
apples.
Line 2
You
just
go
along
this
road
a
little
farther,
and
you
get
to
the
road
that
leads
to
their
house.
Line 3
S'pose
we
go."
Line 4
"How
far
is
it?"
Line 5
"Oh,
not
very
far.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Along
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.”
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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 You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
apples
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
aunt
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
early
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
far
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From this reading "How far is it?"
farther
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
get
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
go
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
got
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
house
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
How
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From this reading "How far is it?"
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "How far is it?"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "How far is it?"
Jenny
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
just
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
leads
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
lots
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh, not very far.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, not very far.
road
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From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
S'pose
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From this reading S'pose we go."
said
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
Timothy
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.
uncle
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From this reading "Look here," said she; "my aunt Jenny and my uncle Timothy have got lots of early apples.
very
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From this reading "Oh, not very far.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading S'pose we go."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You just go along this road a little farther, and you get to the road that leads to their house.