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Chapter XVIII
Cartwright was quick to grasp this support. “Of course not, Mr. Warner! Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal. “So that’s it! You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Of course not, Mr. Warner!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.”
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading “Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.”
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading “Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?””
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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 Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
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From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
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From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
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From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
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From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course not, Mr. Warner!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
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From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “So that’s it!
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From this reading “Of course not, Mr. Warner!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Of course not, Mr. Warner!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course not, Mr. Warner!
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From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
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From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
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From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So that’s it!
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
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From this reading “So that’s it!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
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From this reading “Of course not, Mr. Warner!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cartwright was quick to grasp this support.
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From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You think it proper to circulate slanders about working boys in your camp?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your brother came here, pretending to be a working boy--” “Oh!” cried Hal.
