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Chapter XXI
"Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else. We'd all get well if we could get out there." William told him how much he stood to win. "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight. You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We'd all get well if we could get out there."”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “William told him how much he stood to win.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “William told him how much he stood to win.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.”
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From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
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From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
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From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
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From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
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From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
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From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
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From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
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From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
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From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
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From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
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From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
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From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
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From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
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From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
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From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
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From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
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From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
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From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
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From this reading You say the mare's backed at ten to one--two hundred to twenty.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
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From this reading We'd all get well if we could get out there."
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From this reading "Them that has money can buy health as well as everything else.
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From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
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From this reading William told him how much he stood to win.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That'll keep you going long enough to set you straight.
