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Chapter XV
THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!” “All right,” answered Button. “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.” “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?” “Why, they are delicious!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““All right,” answered Button.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
above and across; more than
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““All right,” answered Button.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.””
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading ““How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?””
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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 THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading “All right,” answered Button.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “All right,” answered Button.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
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From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
above and across; more than
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All right,” answered Button.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
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From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
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From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
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From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
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From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
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From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
