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Chapter XXXVII
A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie. He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some. I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper." Brad Stearns was talking. He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.”
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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 CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading Brad Stearns was talking.
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
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From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
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From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
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From this reading Brad Stearns was talking.
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From this reading Brad Stearns was talking.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
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From this reading He's got as many lives as a cat--and then some.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He sat in the big family room at the McRae house and puffed clouds of tobacco, smoke to the rafters.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I've knew him ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper."
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From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A CREE RUNNER BRINGS NEWS "Don't you worry about that lad, Jessie.
