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Chapter XII
“An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men? Waal, sir! Waal! I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!” “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading ““I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.”
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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 “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
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From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waal, sir!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waal, sir!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I war obligated ter tell sech ez I knowed,” Alethea contended against this assumption of superior delicacy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
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From this reading I dunno what the wimmen air a-comin’ ter!”
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ ye jes’ stood up thar, Lethe Sayles, ez bold-faced ez a biscuit-block, an’ lifted up yer outdacious voice afore all them men?
