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Chapter XV
IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM: I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is. I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not. I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place. I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.”
every person
From this reading “I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.”
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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 I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
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From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
every person
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
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From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
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From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
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From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
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From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
not any; not one
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
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From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
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From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
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From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I went back to the Elite Beauty Parlors this a. m. thinking I was to go on leading the strike but what do I see but everyone of them girls come up one by one and try to sneak into the place.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I LOSE MY LOVER DEAR MOM:
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From this reading I have not got no job today and the worst of it is I am the only one that is not.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
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From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I do hate to write such bad news but you made me promise I would tell you everything so here it is.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I says, “What are you doing are you going to desert your union and your class?”
