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Chapter IV
‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself. ‘What in the world----?’ ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again. ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet. Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
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From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
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From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
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From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
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From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
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From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
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From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
