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Chapter XX
HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me. "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly. "Yes, better, Eli." "Jasper 'eard 'bout the purty maid?" "Yes, Eli."
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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 HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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in or near a particular place or position
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From this reading "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly.
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From this reading "Jasper 'eard 'bout the purty maid?"
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
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From this reading "Jasper 'eard 'bout the purty maid?"
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly.
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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From this reading "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly.
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From this reading "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly.
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From this reading "Jasper 'eard 'bout the purty maid?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
belonging to the person speaking
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
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From this reading "Jasper 'eard 'bout the purty maid?"
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From this reading "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly.
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From this reading "Jasper better?" he said, looking at me questioningly.
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From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
at the time that
From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD When I got back to the inn I found Eli anxiously awaiting me.
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From this reading "Yes, better, Eli."
