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Chapter XII
THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?” Chub asked softly. “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right. You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.” But Chub shook his head.
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any person at all
From this reading “THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?””
any thing at all
From this reading “THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Chub asked softly.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.””
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From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
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From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
any person at all
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
any thing at all
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Chub asked softly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
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From this reading Chub asked softly.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
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From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
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From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
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From this reading But Chub shook his head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
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From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chub asked softly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
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From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
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From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
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From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
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From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
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From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
