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Chapter XXIX
Sheriff Prince Functions "Yippy yip yip yip!" Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat. Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news. "Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais. That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading Sheriff Prince Functions "Yippy yip yip yip!"
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais.
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From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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From this reading "Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais.
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From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading "Billie he found Miss Lee in the Mal-Pais.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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From this reading Sheriff Prince Functions "Yippy yip yip yip!"
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Sheriff Prince Functions "Yippy yip yip yip!"
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading That boy sure had his lucky pants on to-day.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Old Reb, Quantrell's ex-guerrilla, now boss of mule-skinners for Prince, galloped down the street waving an old dusty white hat.
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From this reading Women and children and old men dribbled out from the houses, all eager for the news.
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From this reading Sheriff Prince Functions "Yippy yip yip yip!"
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From this reading Sheriff Prince Functions "Yippy yip yip yip!"
