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Chapter VI
“COME-ALONGS.” The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot. A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper. “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.” Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.””
above and across; more than
From this reading “Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.”
during the time that
From this reading “The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.”
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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 clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
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From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading “COME-ALONGS.”
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From this reading Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
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From this reading Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
above and across; more than
From this reading Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
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From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Charlie was shaking dice over the board counter with a cowboy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
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From this reading “Charlie,” said the man to the clerk, “tuck this here package away in Lige Benner’s saddlebags.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
during the time that
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The clerk at the Delmonico Hotel, as the shanty hostelry was called, made a mistake while Wild Bill, Nomad and Cayuse were at supper with the sky pilot.
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From this reading A man came in with a small package wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
