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Chapter XXIII
FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra. Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.” Thirty-odd hands went up. Mr. Groff smiled gently and sorrowfully. “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Thirty-odd hands went up.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.””
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ““If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thirty-odd hands went up.”
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
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From this reading Mr. Groff smiled gently and sorrowfully.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Thirty-odd hands went up.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
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From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading Mr. Groff smiled gently and sorrowfully.
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From this reading Mr. Groff smiled gently and sorrowfully.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
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From this reading Thirty-odd hands went up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
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From this reading Thirty-odd hands went up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thirty-odd hands went up.
which person or people
From this reading FRIDAY AND ILL-LUCK “I think,” remarked Mr. Groff, the next morning, “that I could count on one hand the students who have studied their algebra.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
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From this reading Wyman, Latham, Nutter, Hazard――if there is another I’d like to hear from him.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If football plays may be worked out by algebra, I believe you.
