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"I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking. "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it. Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so." Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing. "I know the feelin'.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I know the feelin'.”
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From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
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From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
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From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I know the feelin'.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
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From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I know the feelin'.
not any; not one
From this reading Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so."
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From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so."
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From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so."
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From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
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From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
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From this reading Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on so."
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
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From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spasms of dry sobbing.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "I warned ye," said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it.
