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Chapter XXII
We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store. Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was. “What you got there?” says he. “Churn,” says Catty. “What you going to do with it?”
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading “Churn,” says Catty.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What you going to do with it?”
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
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From this reading “What you going to do with it?”
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From this reading “What you got there?” says he.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What you going to do with it?”
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading “What you got there?” says he.
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
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From this reading “What you got there?” says he.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We drove home as fast as we could and hustled the churn into Atkins & Phillips’s store.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What you going to do with it?”
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From this reading Jack was in the other room working on some drawings, and he came in to see what the racket was.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What you got there?” says he.
