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TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME. "LOOK at the silly guy, will you! Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine! I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat. "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"LOOK at the silly guy, will you!”
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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 Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
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From this reading Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat.
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From this reading Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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From this reading TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
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From this reading TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME.
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From this reading I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat.
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From this reading I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat.
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From this reading I like his nerve, now!" exclaimed Nat.
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From this reading TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME.
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From this reading Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
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From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
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From this reading Thinks he can run away from a forty-mile-an-hour engine!
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
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From this reading TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM HICKORY RIDGE AND HOME.
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From this reading "But Elmer's eating up the distance like fun!" cried Toby, dancing up and down in his great excitement.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "LOOK at the silly guy, will you!
