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Chapter III
IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM: Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers. I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life. There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise. And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
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any thing at all
From this reading “I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.”
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
any thing at all
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
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From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
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From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
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From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
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From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
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From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I RING THE BELL DEAR MOM:
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From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading There it was every bit of it and all fixed up in such fine language as I could never of thought of and sounding so very very wise.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I have never had anything so wonderful happen to me in my whole life.
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From this reading And to think that this greatest Man in the whole world has said it, and every newspaper in the whole world almost has published it on the front page.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, I suppose you seen my ideas in the papers.
