The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come. Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march. The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence: “Is it them?” And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
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information about recent and important events
From this reading “The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
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From this reading And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is it them?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Is it them?”
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
information about recent and important events
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
above and across; more than
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
a person, without saying who
From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
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From this reading And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
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From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
in the company of; together with
From this reading And somebody trotting along with the gang would answer back and say:
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The windows and dooryards was full; and every minute somebody would say, over a fence:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come.
