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Chapter XXV
“That’s a sweet job to give anybody! Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben? Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody. I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?” Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
any person at all
From this reading ““That’s a sweet job to give anybody!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?””
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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 “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
any person at all
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
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From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
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From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
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From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
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From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
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From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
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From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
