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Chapter V
The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest. Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!” I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me. When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left. We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.”
every person
From this reading “When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
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From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
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From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
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From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
every person
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
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From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
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From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
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From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading We rode forty miles before daylight and then divided the stuff.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some other woman down the line called out: “The mean thing!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
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From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
at the time that
From this reading When we finished our job we ordered everybody back to bed, told ’em good night very politely at the door, and left.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I never knew whether she meant the other lady or me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
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From this reading The young woman flushed up as if she had been caught doing something dishonest.
