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Chapter I
THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER. G. E. F. _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!" Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.' This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'”
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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 Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading G. E. F.
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
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From this reading G. E. F.
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From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
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From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
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From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
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From this reading G. E. F.
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
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From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading THESE TO MY FRIEND T. FRANCIS VERE FOSTER.
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
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From this reading This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month.
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From this reading _Author of "The Wallypug of Why" etc._ "'Tis really very, _very_ queer!"
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case.'
