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From the Cabby's Seat Jerry drives a horse-drawn cab in New York and sees the city from his high seat. One night, he takes a young woman on a strange ride. A story by O. Henry, adapted for learners.
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What you’ll practise Understand comparatives and time expressions in narration.
Words to know cab A vehicle you pay to ride in; here, pulled by a horse. look down upon To look at from above; also, to think you are better than others. now and then Sometimes. Words at this lesson’s level (B1) At B1, you probably know about 100% of the words in this lesson.
The other words of this lesson are at B1 or below.
Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.
Source “From the Cabby's Seat” by O. Henry, adapted for VOA Learning English American Stories. Public domain.
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Five sentences selected from the opening and cut into clips. Explanations and vocabulary are original.
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