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Chapter XXIV
‘My Aunt looks over our rail. “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.” ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors. My Aunt answered him quite a piece. She was a notable woman.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “My Aunt answered him quite a piece.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “‘My Aunt looks over our rail.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My Aunt answered him quite a piece.”
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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 My Aunt answered him quite a piece.
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From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My Aunt answered him quite a piece.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘My Aunt looks over our rail.
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From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
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From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘My Aunt looks over our rail.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘My Aunt looks over our rail.
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From this reading She was a notable woman.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ‘My Aunt looks over our rail.
above and across; more than
From this reading ‘My Aunt looks over our rail.
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From this reading My Aunt answered him quite a piece.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My Aunt answered him quite a piece.
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From this reading ‘My Aunt looks over our rail.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
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From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Him that was laying the liddle swivel-gun at us sweeps off his hat an’ calls her Queen Bess, and asks if she was selling liquor to pore dry sailors.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
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From this reading She was a notable woman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “George,” she says, “you finish with your enemies afore you begin on your friends.”
