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Chapter XVIII
A NIGHT ADVENTURE. “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street. “Not a single cent left! To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!” But it was no use to complain.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Not a single cent left!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!””
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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 A NIGHT ADVENTURE.
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From this reading A NIGHT ADVENTURE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it was no use to complain.
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From this reading “Not a single cent left!
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading But it was no use to complain.
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it was no use to complain.
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From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Not a single cent left!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
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From this reading A NIGHT ADVENTURE.
not any; not one
From this reading But it was no use to complain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not a single cent left!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading “Not a single cent left!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To think there should be any one in that little mean hotel to take a dollar and thirty-five cents from a poor boy like me!”
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From this reading But it was no use to complain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
at the time that
From this reading “Just my luck!” exclaimed Wade, when he was in the street.
