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"Oh, nonsense, Lom!" "Fact, sir, fact. Think I don't know? A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly. There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Think I don't know?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Think I don't know?”
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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 A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading Think I don't know?
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading "Fact, sir, fact.
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Think I don't know?
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Think I don't know?
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading "Oh, nonsense, Lom!"
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading "Oh, nonsense, Lom!"
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From this reading "Oh, nonsense, Lom!"
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading "Fact, sir, fact.
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Think I don't know?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There, you be easy, and I'll teach you how to ride same as I did how to fight."
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From this reading A civilian rides, sir, like a monkey, bumping himself up and down, and waggling his elbows out like a young chicken learning to fly.
