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Chapter VI
THE RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!" "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!" "And that looks like a small kitchen!" "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!" "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"”
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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 RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And that looks like a small kitchen!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
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From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
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From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
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From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
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From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
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From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
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From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And that looks like a small kitchen!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And that looks like a small kitchen!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And that looks like a small kitchen!"
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From this reading THE RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
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From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And that looks like a small kitchen!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And that looks like a small kitchen!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!"
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those tires are a new kind, too--cushion instead of pneumatic!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE RUINED MILLIONAIRE "What a car!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
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From this reading "Say, you could drive that through a hail storm and you'd never know it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's got folding bunks in, as sure as you're born!"
