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When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry. She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.” I began to go to church right away. * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle! _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “_Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I began to go to church right away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
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From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
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From this reading I began to go to church right away.
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From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
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From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
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From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
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From this reading I began to go to church right away.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
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From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
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From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
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From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
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From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
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From this reading I began to go to church right away.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
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From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
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From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
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From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
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From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I began to go to church right away.
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From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
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From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
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From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
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From this reading _Boy_--Well, dat’s as high as he could reach.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
at the time that
From this reading When my mother-in-law was sick, I went to her bedside, and began to cry.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
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From this reading She said, “Don’t cry, we will meet in the other world.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading * * * * * _Passerby_--Say, boy, your dog bit me on the ankle!
