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Chapter XXI
MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK "Crying!" Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU. Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's. Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading "Crying!"
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
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From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
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From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
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From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
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From this reading Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
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From this reading Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
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From this reading Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Of course I am crying, and I guess you would be crying, too, If people were telling such stories as they tell about me, about YOU.
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From this reading Dr. Jones says you're gettin' it now.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh yes, you can laugh if you want to, and smoke as you didn't care how, And get your brains softened like uncle's.
