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Chapter V
TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE. "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there. I 'eerd it read. It was beautiful. It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.”
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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 TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
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From this reading TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading It was beautiful.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
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From this reading TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
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From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
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From this reading I 'eerd it read.
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I 'eerd it read.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I 'eerd it read.
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading I 'eerd it read.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading It give me the creeps, and it made me laugh just as if I was being tickled to death!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading "It's going to be performed to-morrow night, and master and missis and all the family 'll be there.
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From this reading TOM BARLEY COMMENCES A NEW LIFE.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was beautiful.
