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Chapter XXIII
CLAUDE VISITS THE POOL-ROOM. “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin. “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you? Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember. I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
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any person at all
From this reading ““You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?”
for the reason that
From this reading ““You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?”
every person
From this reading ““You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?”
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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 “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
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From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
any person at all
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
for the reason that
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
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From this reading CLAUDE VISITS THE POOL-ROOM.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
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From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
every person
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
not any; not one
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
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From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
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From this reading CLAUDE VISITS THE POOL-ROOM.
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From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
To recall to mind.
From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CLAUDE VISITS THE POOL-ROOM.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I will put this money in bank, so that the fellows can’t draw on me for it.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
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From this reading CLAUDE VISITS THE POOL-ROOM.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
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From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
which person or people
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Well, you gave me one piece of advice that I will remember.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You treated me just as you treat everybody else who came to your ranch, and no better,” said Claude, hurrying down the street, away from his cousin.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “You couldn’t treat me any better than you could anybody else just because I was a relation of yours, could you?
