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Chapter XVII
The day when college opened was a great day. The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering. "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up. I'll see that you get straightened out. If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.”
any thing at all
From this reading “"Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The day when college opened was a great day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.”
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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 The day when college opened was a great day.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
any thing at all
From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading I'll see that you get straightened out.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
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From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
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From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading I'll see that you get straightened out.
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From this reading The children could hardly eat any breakfast, and Allison gave Leslie a great many edifying instructions about registering.
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From this reading I'll see that you get straightened out.
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From this reading I'll see that you get straightened out.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'll see that you get straightened out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
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From this reading If you and Jane Bristol could only get together, you could help each other a lot.
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From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
at the time that
From this reading The day when college opened was a great day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, kid, if you get stuck for anything, just you hunt me up.
