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Chapter X
THE GREAT WORLD. The next morning he went to the Springs. "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said. "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy. Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE GREAT WORLD.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning he went to the Springs.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning he went to the Springs.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “"Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning he went to the Springs.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
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From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT WORLD.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next morning he went to the Springs.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he went to the Springs.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he went to the Springs.
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading The next morning he went to the Springs.
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From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
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From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT WORLD.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
up to a particular time
From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning he went to the Springs.
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From this reading "Mebbe I mayn't git back till to-morrer, so don't ye be oneasy.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
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From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he went to the Springs.
at the time that
From this reading Ef I feel tired when I git thar, I'll stay overnight."
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From this reading THE GREAT WORLD.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll go an' settle up and bring ye your trunk an' things," he said.
