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Chapter XVI
We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town. It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state. Catty turned in. “What’s the idee?” says I. “Goin’ to buy some respectable furniture, too?”
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.”
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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 furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
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From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
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From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
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From this reading “Goin’ to buy some respectable furniture, too?”
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From this reading Catty turned in.
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From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
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From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Goin’ to buy some respectable furniture, too?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “What’s the idee?” says I.
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From this reading “What’s the idee?” says I.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
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From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Goin’ to buy some respectable furniture, too?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the idee?” says I.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Goin’ to buy some respectable furniture, too?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
up to a particular time
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Goin’ to buy some respectable furniture, too?”
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From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
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From this reading Catty turned in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a furniture-store, and it looked big enough to hold furniture enough to fill every house in the state.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We kept going till we got to one of the biggest stores in town.
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From this reading “What’s the idee?” says I.
