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Chapter XLII
“Dear boy and Pip’s comrade. I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book. But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English. In jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail. There, you’ve got it.
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dearly loved
From this reading ““Dear boy and Pip’s comrade.”
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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 I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Dear boy and Pip’s comrade.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
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From this reading “Dear boy and Pip’s comrade.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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From this reading “Dear boy and Pip’s comrade.
dearly loved
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From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
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From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
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From this reading There, you’ve got it.
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From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
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From this reading In jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
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From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading In jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail.
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From this reading “Dear boy and Pip’s comrade.
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From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
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From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading There, you’ve got it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book.
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From this reading There, you’ve got it.
