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Chapter I
_It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one. The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child. Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled. More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled. Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “_It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.”
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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 _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
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From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
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From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _It isn't much of a secret, but it's the only one.
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From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
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From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
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From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
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From this reading Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sometimes he didn't understand things and was puzzled.
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From this reading The trick is ..._ Tommy wasn't really a timid child.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
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From this reading Occasionally such things worried and even upset him a little.
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From this reading More often, grown-ups couldn't or wouldn't understand things that were perfectly clear to him and he was more puzzled.
