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Chapter II
It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone. I hollered to him and he stopped. “How’s things?” says I. “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he. “Hain’t moved on yet?”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I hollered to him and he stopped.”
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Hain’t moved on yet?””
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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 a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I hollered to him and he stopped.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
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From this reading “Hain’t moved on yet?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I hollered to him and he stopped.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I hollered to him and he stopped.
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From this reading I hollered to him and he stopped.
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From this reading “How’s things?” says I.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading “Hain’t moved on yet?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading “How’s things?” says I.
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From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hollered to him and he stopped.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
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From this reading “Sich as there is, they’re perty fair,” says he.
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From this reading “How’s things?” says I.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I hollered to him and he stopped.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
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From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a day or two afterward that I run across Catty Atkins poking along the road on the edge of town, all alone.
but in spite of that
From this reading “Hain’t moved on yet?”
