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THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?" "To-morrow. This is my last free day. So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once." "There is nothing you can do.
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any thing at all
From this reading “So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “This is my last free day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This is my last free day.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “"There is nothing you can do.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."”
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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 HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
any thing at all
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "There is nothing you can do.
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From this reading This is my last free day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading This is my last free day.
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From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is my last free day.
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is my last free day.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
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From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This is my last free day.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "There is nothing you can do.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is my last free day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading "To-morrow.
at the time that
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
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From this reading So if there is anything for me to do, do tell me, Mr. Black, and let me get to work at once."
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From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM XIII A BIT OF STEEL "When are you going to Judge Ostrander's?"
