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Chapter II
“I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time. Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.” “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice. “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean. Hit's all the wus fer ye thet ye air in sech doin's.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.””
up to a particular time
From this reading ““I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.”
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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'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
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From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading Hit's all the wus fer ye thet ye air in sech doin's.
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
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From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading Hit's all the wus fer ye thet ye air in sech doin's.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
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From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ef a Stetson ever done sech meanness as that I never heerd it.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
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From this reading Hit's all the wus fer ye thet ye air in sech doin's.
up to a particular time
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'll fight him anyway, 'n' I reckon ef he don't die till I lay out in the lorrel fer him, he'll live a long time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Nother hev I,” said the old man, with quick justice.
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From this reading Hit's all the wus fer ye thet ye air in sech doin's.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You air a over-bearin' race, all o' ye, but I never knowed ye to be that mean.
