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Chapter I
“SURLY TIM.” A LANCASHIRE STORY. “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me? Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know. Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.”
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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 LANCASHIRE STORY.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
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From this reading A LANCASHIRE STORY.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading A LANCASHIRE STORY.
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading “SURLY TIM.”
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From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading “SURLY TIM.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me?
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From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Happen my fellow-workmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake--happen what seems loike crustiness to them beant so much crustiness as summat else--happen I mought do my bit o' complainin' too.
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From this reading Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know.
