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Chapter XXIII
Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza. “Mr. Ashe?” she said. “Where’s Mr. Ashe?” “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes. Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading ““Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.”
two people or things considered together
From this reading ““Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.”
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading “Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.””
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.”
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
two people or things considered together
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
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From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
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From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
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From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
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From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
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From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
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From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
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From this reading “Where’s Mr. Ashe?”
