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Chapter I
|Whar's Hiram, Het?' Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly. 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything. Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint. Whar's he off, I say, Mehitabel?'
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.”
any thing at all
From this reading “'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.”
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
any thing at all
From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whar's he off, I say, Mehitabel?'
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading |Whar's Hiram, Het?'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Whar's he off, I say, Mehitabel?'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Whar's he off, I say, Mehitabel?'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Whar's he off, I say, Mehitabel?'
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading |Whar's Hiram, Het?'
at the time that
From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading 'Pears to me that boy's allus off somewhar, whenever he's wanted to do anything.
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From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
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From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Can't git along without him, any way, when we've got to weed the spring peppermint.
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From this reading Deacon Zephaniah Winthrop asked of his wife, tartly.
