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Chapter VII
“Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?” Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill. “There,” says Motu, pointing to the hotel. “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.” Motu smiled.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.””
during the time that
From this reading “Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.”
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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 “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading “Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
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From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
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From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
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From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading “There,” says Motu, pointing to the hotel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
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From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading “Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
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From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There,” says Motu, pointing to the hotel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There,” says Motu, pointing to the hotel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?”
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From this reading Motu smiled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading “There,” says Motu, pointing to the hotel.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But we searched it from one end to the other, and couldn’t find a thing.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
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From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?”
during the time that
From this reading Mark asked while we were trying to catch the dog to operate on him for porcupine quill.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where have you b-been sleepin’, Motu?”
