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Chapter XXV
FOUR WOULD-BE PLUNDERERS. “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips. “Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory. “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim! Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading ““Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory.”
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From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
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From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading FOUR WOULD-BE PLUNDERERS.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
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From this reading “Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory.
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From this reading “Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
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From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading “Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
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From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading FOUR WOULD-BE PLUNDERERS.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading “Th’ haythins!” muttered Matt Gory.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading “Just let me be afther gittin’ a-hould of thim!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To break into the offices!” burst from my lips.
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From this reading Oi’ll spile their looks so their own mothers won’t know thim!” and he shook his club determinedly.
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From this reading FOUR WOULD-BE PLUNDERERS.
