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Chapter XXIII
Uncle Bob was exasperated. He was talking to Phœbe’s father. Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom. “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob. “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.”
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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 person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
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From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading Uncle Bob was exasperated.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
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From this reading Uncle Bob was exasperated.
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From this reading He was talking to Phœbe’s father.
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From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was talking to Phœbe’s father.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
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From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
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From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
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From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading He was talking to Phœbe’s father.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
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From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
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From this reading “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
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From this reading He was talking to Phœbe’s father.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was talking to Phœbe’s father.
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From this reading Uncle Bob was exasperated.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Uncle Bob was exasperated.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
in or at the place that
From this reading Phœbe could hear him, from where she lay on the sofa in Grandma’s bedroom.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What makes you so stubborn, Jim?
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From this reading “A person would think you’re first-cousin to a mule!” cried Uncle Bob.
