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Chapter XVI
“Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted. “Hey! The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something. You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out. There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.”
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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 “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
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From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
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From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
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From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
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From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
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From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
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From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
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From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
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From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
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From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
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From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
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From this reading “Hey!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
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From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
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From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
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From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
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From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
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From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
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From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
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From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
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From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
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From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
