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Chapter IX
"`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily. "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers. Let's see the ferret." The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes. "Throw it down and shoot it," said the General.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.”
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading “"I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.”
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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 pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
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From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
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From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading Let's see the ferret."
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading "Throw it down and shoot it," said the General.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
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From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading Let's see the ferret."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Throw it down and shoot it," said the General.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let's see the ferret."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Throw it down and shoot it," said the General.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "`_In--my--pocket_,' sir!" cried the old gentleman angrily.
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From this reading "Throw it down and shoot it," said the General.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
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From this reading The keeper took it out of the big pocket inside his velveteen jacket, and held it up, twisting and writhing to get free and down into one of the rabbit-holes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I pay you wages, sir, as my servant, and I've a right to proper answers.
