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Chapter XVIII
My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead. I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life. I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding. Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job. Also, the family needed the money.
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From this reading “I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.”
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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 Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading Also, the family needed the money.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading Also, the family needed the money.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading Also, the family needed the money.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading Also, the family needed the money.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
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From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I didn't like the looks of it, nor the life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
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From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead.
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From this reading Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I didn't care for the drinking, nor the vagrancy of it, and I wandered back to the Oakland Free Library and read the books with greater understanding.
