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Chapter II
“Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine? There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.” “I cannot do other. It would go against my conscience.” “And as to your dratted music.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “It would go against my conscience.””
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.””
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading “It would go against my conscience.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It would go against my conscience.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “And as to your dratted music.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
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From this reading “I cannot do other.
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading It would go against my conscience.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading “And as to your dratted music.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would go against my conscience.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I cannot do other.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would go against my conscience.”
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
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From this reading “And as to your dratted music.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would go against my conscience.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And as to your dratted music.
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
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From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There’s other chaps get twice the work you do by just slurring along.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why, Doble,” she would say, “what’s the good of your doing your jobs so slow and so fine?
