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Chapter X
It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one. While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend. “All set?” asked Cummings. “That’s fine. We’ll move right along.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “We’ll move right along.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““All set?” asked Cummings.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s fine.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We’ll move right along.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.”
during the time that
From this reading “While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.”
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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 It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
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From this reading “All set?” asked Cummings.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We’ll move right along.
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From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All set?” asked Cummings.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
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From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
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From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
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From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s fine.
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From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
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From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
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From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
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From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
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From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
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From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll move right along.
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From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
not any; not one
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
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From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We’ll move right along.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All set?” asked Cummings.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
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From this reading “That’s fine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll move right along.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
at the time that
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
during the time that
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was impossible to think of Cummings otherwise than as a boy, and a foolish boy, but amusing when the humor was on him as now, and to have supper with him would work injury to no one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While he talked to McGovern she went into a booth and explained to her mother that she wouldn’t be home for supper, saying that she was going to a movie with a girl friend.
