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Chapter X
ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?" Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer. "Hello!" he said. "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?" Ira nodded slowly.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.”
later than; following
From this reading “"Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ira nodded slowly.”
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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 ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
later than; following
From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Hello!" he said.
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From this reading "Hello!" he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading Ira nodded slowly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ira nodded slowly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
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From this reading "Hello!" he said.
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From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
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From this reading Ira nodded slowly.
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From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
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From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Going to the rescue of the dear old school after all, Rowly?"
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From this reading Humphrey looked up from his book and smiled quizzically across at the enquirer.
in or at the place that
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ON THE FOURTH SQUAD "How much does a football suit cost, Humphrey, and where do you buy it?"
