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Chapter V
“The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse. Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that. But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief. Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something. So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading ““The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.”
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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 But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
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From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
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From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
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From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
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From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
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From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
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From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
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From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ordinarily he’d have buried him and let it go at that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Likewise he’d seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So he decided to take Dave’s body to Forty Mile, which was Dave’s headquarters.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The Indian didn’t know what to do with the corpse.
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From this reading But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a _hi-yu skookum_ chief.
